• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    19 hours ago

    Einstein polished his theories from the work of others, who also worked off the ideas of those who came before them.

    and it’s not uncommon to have 2-3 labs worldwide have exactly the same idea.

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      19 hours ago

      Yup. The number times we’ve seen shared credit for discoveries and shared nobel prizes simply because two teams were doing the same but unconnected work is amazing, and it points to how there is a cutting edge that will be in the same place no matter how you get there.