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"Discovered" like penicillin? It irks me when it's presented as accidental, when it does go through testing after
by hackernewds 3y ago
"Discovered" like penicillin? It irks me when it's presented as accidental, when it does go through testing after
- 29athrowaway 3y agoPenicillin was also accidental? I don't understand the point.
- PlasmonOwl 3y agoMaybe he conflates discovery with accident. Materials science searches chemical space and makes discoveries. There is no accident in that kind of discovery?