Never tackle a problem of which you can be pretty sure that (now or in the near future) it will be tackled by others who are, in relation to that problem, at least as competent and well-equipped as you." Edsger W. Dijkstra

I think pluralism is an important goal. It doesn't make sense for everyone in a field to try to achieve the same goal. It's good if different goals get persued.

A lot of scientific breakthrough don't haven because people planned to have a breakthrough. When looking at the scientific revolutions that Kuhn describes they often lead to asking new questions that weren't previously available.