We have the many-worlds interpretation that makes perfect sense (as long as you accept that consciousness is just a function of the particles in your brain and not some spiritual essence detached from the laws of physics), but Niels Bohr had to convince everyone that Quantum Mechanics is not supposed to make any sense just so that he could win his argument against Albert Einstein, so now everyone think it’s just another interpretation on equal footing with the Copenhagen nonsense.
The internet has proven to be very clever with its “loss” memes. I keep seeing innovative and/or fun applications of it before I ever feel they’re getting stale.
It’s really just whose discovery spread the fastest. There have been a few instances in history where parallel discoveries happened, but it got named after the guy who got it popularized fastest.
Plus, the records of the civilization that discovered it were lost for a few millenia. But it’s not the first thing that’s been rediscovered a few times.
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