Picasso said that “the chief enemy of creativity is good sense”. And making tenure is a sign of good sense.https://twitter.com/nathancofnas/status/1148632336361066496?s=21 …
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"most scholars come up with their major ideas...in their 20s-30s" is different from "most scholars peak/do their most important work in their 20s-30s." In the vast majority of cases I think it's clear that scholars develop their basic research programs early on.
