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by fengwick3 3810 days ago
> Science is all about reproducibility

Can this really be said in all fairness? What of the flashes of brilliance, the striking insights into understanding seemingly inexplicable phenomena? The discovery of the structure of benzene, the creation of the periodic table comes to mind.

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Reproducibility of results, not reproducibility of thought process on different (even though similar) ground.