Philosopher Nicholas Rescher once wrote, “Scientific discoveries are often made not on the basis of some well-contrived plan of investigation, but through some stroke of sheer luck.”
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-lucky-messenger-upends-long-held-idea.html