Right. FWIW, Feynman predicted that physics would become rather boring in this regard, because physics education had become homogenized. This isn't to propose a relativism, but rather that top-down imposed curricula may do a good deal of damage to the creativity of science.
That being said, what we need is more rigorous thinking and more courage pursuing the truth where it leads. While advisors can be useful guides, and consensus can be a useful data point, there can also be an over-reliance on such opinions to guide and decide where to put one's research efforts, what to reevaluate, what to treat as basically certain knowledge, and so on. Frankly, moral virtue and wisdom are the most important. Otherwise, scientific praxis degenerates into popularity contest, fitting in, grants, and other incentives that vulgarize science.
I think that's why most innovative science today happens at the intersection of two domains– That's where someone from a different field can have unique insights and try something new in an adjacent field. This is often hard to do when you're in the field yourself.
That being said, what we need is more rigorous thinking and more courage pursuing the truth where it leads. While advisors can be useful guides, and consensus can be a useful data point, there can also be an over-reliance on such opinions to guide and decide where to put one's research efforts, what to reevaluate, what to treat as basically certain knowledge, and so on. Frankly, moral virtue and wisdom are the most important. Otherwise, scientific praxis degenerates into popularity contest, fitting in, grants, and other incentives that vulgarize science.