What? We're making incredible progress. mRNA vaccines, CRISPR, access to space research, materials sciences, the upcoming AI-driven research boom. It's crazy out there, and as a bonus, we're not irradiating anyone due to clumsy screwdriver techniques.

Stop paying attention to whatever source is leading you to believe scientific progress has slowed down. They're lying to you.

I am professional scientist. I am not allowed to use certain substances, because exposure is damaging to the unborn child. I am a man. I am not allowed to perform certain procedures, unless I rebuild half the lab. I am not allowed to use lasers you can buy as costumer products in the US and china unless I write a safety manual .

Innovation needs creativity and fast iterations, in our current setup that is incredible hard.

MRNA tech is a good example: It was stuck in limbo for ages due to safety concerns, COVID allowed people to ignore these and push forward.