>>13992271I disagree. Theoretical physics is currently going through a rough patch if I am not mistaken. All the theories that physicists are confirming were made before 1970 (gravitational waves were predicted on 1915 if I am not wrong). No major theory made after 1970 has got experimental support. Physics does seem to have a golden age roughly in the period 1900-1930 or so, which is when quantum mechanics and general relativity are born. Check this:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/diminishing-returns-science/575665/ Psychopharmacology had a golden age in the 1950s, which is when the first psychotropic drugs were found. Many, such as lithium, are still widely used.
The field of AI has gone through ups and downs. Look up AI winters.
Mathematics went through a foundation crisis in 1900 or so, when plenty of paradoxes in set theory emerged, and which led to the autistic levels or rigor that we now see. Also, the 18th century is where all the math that engineers currently use was created (it is the epoch of Euler, Laplace, Lagrange, Fourier and Gauss). I think it would be fair to call it a kind of golden age.
