I don't think you can pluck someone out of their historical context like this,<p>Could Newton get published today? I doubt it.<p>Could Picasso of the 1930s be as influential today? Probably not; the art world has changed.<p>Would Babe Ruth be a famous baseball player today? Stephen J. Gould makes the argument that (quoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould#Cultural_evolution" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Jay_Gould#Cultural_evo...</a> ):<p>> ... the disappearance of the 0.400 batting average in baseball is paradoxically due to the inclusion of better players in the league, rather than players becoming worse over time.<p>We have many "better players" in physics now than we did during Einstein's time.