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by 29athrowaway 908 days ago
Discovered in some random dirt from Maine.
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hackernewds 908 days ago
"Discovered" like penicillin? It irks me when it's presented as accidental, when it does go through testing after
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29athrowaway 908 days ago
Penicillin was also accidental? I don't understand the point.
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PlasmonOwl 908 days ago
Maybe he conflates discovery with accident. Materials science searches chemical space and makes discoveries. There is no accident in that kind of discovery?
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