There has been more than one time when someone has been testing something with real-world implications (outside of the test parameters) and they actually discover something important.
Wilson: Yeah, point that new radio telescope at empty space. Make sure we hear nothing. Ah, man! What is causing that hiss?
There’s good news and bad news. One, the hand held probe works very well. The bad news, the probe works very well.
Classic scene where the exposition guy just DOEsN’T notice the obvious.
There has been more than one time when someone has been testing something with real-world implications (outside of the test parameters) and they actually discover something important.
Wilson: Yeah, point that new radio telescope at empty space. Make sure we hear nothing. Ah, man! What is causing that hiss?
My favorite was when they used an interferometer to measure the velocity of the Earth– and it told them that the Earth isn’t moving.