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webmaven
10 months ago
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Anomalous contribution to galactic rotation curves...
ISTR someone saying that the most common words spoken prior to a breakthrough aren't "Eureka!" or "Aha!" but instead "That's strange..."
devmor
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Coincidentally (or not) those also seem to be the words spoken during computer programming right before you figure out something you never understood before.
mkl
10 months ago
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Often atrributed to Asimov, but it doesn't seem to have been him:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/?amp=1
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