Defining "scoop": independent priority vs. building on someone's outlined strategy
alz_zyd_ · x · 2026-09-07
alzzyd argues "scoop" in science means independently obtaining a result first, not taking a result someone essentially told you how to get and claiming it as yours. nihilunbounded still says he wouldn't run the machine on the talk to verify the strategy and plug it ASAP.
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