#working-memory

But what is the answer to our original question, should theorists be architects, building elegant structures such as Newton did, or should they be explorers, gradually extending the theory on the basis of more and more evidence, as in the case of Darwin ? Clearly both Newton and Darwin got it right, but for fields at a different stage of development. Newton claimed that his success resulted from "standing on the shoulders of giants," who no doubt stood on the shoulders of lesser mortals like ourselves. Darwin had few such giants available. I suggest that any complete theory is likely to require explores in its initial stages and architects to turn the broad concepts into detailed models.