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 Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
All other things equal, one man could work his entire life on a theorem for physics and die before it comes to fruition, but his works directly influenced someone to shortly after wrap up the entire problem in a nice set of equations; the understanding that falls from these equations leads to untold wealth for the world over.
The other wins the lottery; ship it.
This is similar to drilling an oil well and dying before you reach oil -- which may not be at that location. If someone buys your hole and keeps going -- he is gambling that he will strike oil there as you have been doing all your life. Both of you are gambling that it will come to fruition, and the well does not necessarily hold more value the deeper the hole gets... it could by dry forever. It only holds potential; same as research on physics theorems.
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