There hasn't been a major advance in the foundations of physics in over 40 years. We had almost nonstop progress from Newton to the Standard Model, then nothing. We have more physicists than ever, more funding than ever, better technology than ever, but we haven't accomplished anything beyond meme theories, a few anticlimactic experimental results from ever larger and more expensive accelerators, and some advances in cosmology which have raised more questions than answers.

What has caused this? Is it excessive dogma in science? Is it too much funding and influence from institutions like the NSF keeping physics from progressing? Have we simply reached the boundaries of what we can understand and/or prove experimentally?