> It is better for the progress of science if people who make great discoveries are not too modest to blow their own trumpets.
This is a nice remark, but very difficult to implement in practice. In reality, many non-modest people will overrate their contributions, while the few modest people will have a hard time to act non-modest in certain situations. We are in a world where modesty is even rarer than 100 years ago. I am sure many important discoveries are hidden in the myriad peer reviewed publications published just for quantitative reasons.
This is a nice remark, but very difficult to implement in practice. In reality, many non-modest people will overrate their contributions, while the few modest people will have a hard time to act non-modest in certain situations. We are in a world where modesty is even rarer than 100 years ago. I am sure many important discoveries are hidden in the myriad peer reviewed publications published just for quantitative reasons.