Ortega hypothesis

The Ortega hypothesis holds that average or mediocre scientists contribute substantially to the advancement of science.^[1] According to this hypothesis, scientific progress occurs mainly by the accumulation of a mass of modest, narrowly specialized intellectual contributions. On this view, major breakthroughs draw heavily upon a large body of minor and little-known work, without which the major advances could not happen.^[2]

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