[elashri]

> and research has become dramatically easier

If you mean access to research opportunities and resources including mentorship then you are probably right.

If you mean the research itself then no in STEM at least. For example you would need much more knowledge than Einstein had when he started doing research in the same field.

[orange_joe]

Yeah I was just referring to accessing resources. I only went through undergrad, so original research wasn’t a huge component.