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[โ€“] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Edison, Watson/Crick, Musk, Jobs....I hope today it's much harder to get away with being an idea stealing tool bag since the internet has competent archivers, sans working under a company that owns anything you make.

As in turns out, Watson and Crick may not have actually stolen anything from Rosalind Franklin after all. If you're interested, I found an article I read regarding it about a year back. A couple of researchers provide some interesting info and context that make the original data stealing narrative less certain.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rosalind-franklin-dna-structure-watson-crick