Spent 4 Weeks on a 'Breakthrough' Only to Find Zhang et al Published It in 2009
prajdabre · x · 2026-10-01
A classic research meme: someone spent 4 weeks thinking they'd made a groundbreaking discovery, only to find Zhang et al had already published it in 2009. Prajit Dabre replies that for him it's always "Wang et al did it a decade ago."
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