I agree with your point. I just remember how shocking it was when someone pointed out that pretty much no scientific field has had a major breakthrough in the past 50 years, but many had their major breakthroughs in the 50 years before that. Progress in our understanding of the universe has largely stagnated.

Needlessly Pedantic Man: The "basically" that preceded "everyone" in my previous comment implied that the statement was an inexact summary.