[jacobolus]

Many bits of physics start out as "did geometry". Will this particular idea pan out? Probably not. Should it be the subject of popular press at this stage? Probably not. But it's worth having scientists explore the possibilities. The paper might be interesting to specialists, once published, https://journals.aps.org/prl/accepted/33074Yb3Ufa1478fd33b04...

[pohl]

Quasicrystals is an excellent example. Penrose tiles were invented in 1974, but quasicrystals were discovered in 1982.