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According to the article scientists have been trying to prove this structure for eight decades. Then two independent groups report having successfully done it i
by dgs_sgd 5y ago
According to the article scientists have been trying to prove this structure for eight decades. Then two independent groups report having successfully done it in the same month! What are the odds?
- _Microft 5y agoThere are quite a number of similar coincidences in the history of science. It seems to me that at some point the necessary knowledge or techniques are just there to make some discoveries almost inevitable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries
- dgs_sgd 5y agoYes, they probably relied on the same scientific breakthrough where it basically became a race for who could do it first.
- blueprint 5y agoWell, according to the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect... more than you might expect.
- jbdistaken 5y agothey aren't exactly independent. several authors are on both papers