[delecti]

The LHC wasn't a scientific milestone, it was an engineering one. Using the LHC has led to milestones.

[mr_overalls]

In many fields, for the past several decades, scientific progress has been inextricably bound with technical progress. New tools yield new experiments/discoveries.

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But this article also talks about an engineering milestone, there is no scientific milestone in going from a 6 qubit computer or a 49 qubit one.