I'd like to point out that this sort of story vitiates the Popperian tale of how scientific knowledge is created, i.e. it was "known" well in advance of experim

I'd like to point out that this sort of story vitiates the Popperian tale of how scientific knowledge is created, i.e. it was "known" well in advance of experimental evidence that something is true, and the confirmation is seen as banal.