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Tangentially: interesting how we are looking for this for 60 years and then manage to have two separate teams come up with the answer independently and practica
by pilif 2y ago
Tangentially: interesting how we are looking for this for 60 years and then manage to have two separate teams come up with the answer independently and practically at the same time
- bitwize 2y agoIt orange cat genes when it's orange-cat-gene time.
- telgareith 2y agoThey got the braincell
- atrus 2y agoIf it's affordable and practical for one person/team to do it, it's probably affordable for two or more groups to do it.
- dj_mc_merlin 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery
- downboots 2y agoinefficiency
- ffsm8 2y agoCollaboration comes with it's own challenges and inefficiencies
- toast0 2y agoIndependent concurrent discovery might be better than independent confirmation.
- dekhn 2y agomodern science isn't intended to minimize inefficiency- it's intended to maximize the rate of stochastic discovery.
- micromacrofoot 2y agosurvivorship bias
- benatkin 2y agoThe rate of research could have sped up thanks to technological advancements.
- FollowingTheDao 2y agoThe reason this happened G Protein Coupled Receptors, which is what MC1R is, are being heavily investigated for drug development. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-024-01803-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-024-01803-6
- hinkley 2y agoWell it makes sense since orange boys act like they’re on drugs.