[dj_mc_merlin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery

[downboots]

inefficiency

[ffsm8]

Collaboration comes with it's own challenges and inefficiencies

[dekhn]

modern science isn't intended to minimize inefficiency- it's intended to maximize the rate of stochastic discovery.

[toast0]

Independent concurrent discovery might be better than independent confirmation.

[micromacrofoot]

survivorship bias