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[โ€“] brokenlcd@feddit.it 88 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No work is wasted if it gives a clearer picture of something. Even if you get disproven, it just means that you found one of the dark parts of the picture. Now sure, people mostly remember the ones that discover the brighter parts of the image. But the whole picture is still made of both the dark and bright parts. We don't just need to know what works, we also need to know for sure what DOESN'T work. Or else we'll never know the real bounds of something.

Now if you don't mind, i'll go back to slamming my head against analysis.

[โ€“] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

Slammed! Also cool metaphor.