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A unique angle is introduced as the speaker draws correlations between scientific innovation and societal advancement. Citing Richard Nixon's establishment of speed limits in 1974, the argument is made that just as those limits governed human movement, the physics community has been restricted by conventional wisdom. The hope is that a renewed commitment to "Cowboy science"—an embrace of individual genius over committee consensus—could foster a new era of groundbreaking discoveries that advances both physics and military capabilities.