Important discoveries, then and now

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I realized that being the skeptic I am, if a discovery of that magnitude was in the papers today I'd probably think to myself "Yeah right, some pseudoscientists wanting publicity again". I can only wonder what were people's reactions back then, with the war going on and all.

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Newspapers never tells the full truth.

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Yes, you're definitely right about that.