Scientists of the past begging not to be misunderstood or misrepresented by the current NIH director. Science has never operated on a simplistic formula, not in the past, not now. Read historians and philosophers of science ffs.
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Berna Devezer
Fontana thinking his 6000+ experiments may not have been enough to feel confident in his conclusions in the 18th century while we expect our singular experiments and their standalone replications to do wonders some 250 years later... (excerpt from the intro of Jutta Schickore's About Experiment)