“they serendipitously chose guinea pigs, the one animal besides human beings and monkeys that requires vitamin C in its diet.“
This recent post I think describes this same phenomena but not from the same level of ‘necessity’ as, say, cures to big problems. Kinda funny too: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oA23zoEjPnzqfHiCt/there-is-way-too-much-serendipity.
“they serendipitously chose guinea pigs, the one animal besides human beings and monkeys that requires vitamin C in its diet.“
This recent post I think describes this same phenomena but not from the same level of ‘necessity’ as, say, cures to big problems. Kinda funny too: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/oA23zoEjPnzqfHiCt/there-is-way-too-much-serendipity.