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This is an interesting question. I'm honestly curious if anyone knows - why do we talk about, say, machines being invented but drugs and vaccines being discover
by namenotrequired 5y ago
This is an interesting question. I'm honestly curious if anyone knows - why do we talk about, say, machines being invented but drugs and vaccines being discovered?
(I get that you invent the drug, and then you discover whether it works. But the same is true for machines.)
- ncmncm 5y agoIt makes sense to talk about discovering a bioactive compound, such as from an herbal remedy, or by testing a family of related compounds. An engineered vaccine is a wholly different animal. The only other time we say "discover" about something manufactured is when somebody else did it. We can discover a meth lab, a Ponzi scheme, or (in principle) an alien civilization.