I have the same thought: "25 years? Why the fuck. Buy a new salt and publish a fucking paper." I suppose they saw something favorable in that 99 sample and nob

I have the same thought: "25 years? Why the fuck. Buy a new salt and publish a fucking paper." I suppose they saw something favorable in that 99 sample and nobody else knew. The vagaries of chemical synthesis helped. But it doesn't seem like they could have had a worse sample than what they fucking have now, while getting data that made them waste a quarter-century. As much as people hype and have 'reproduced' it, I...dunno. If it's real, the autobiography will be worth an expensive translation.