stackyFACTSWhen the first concentrated light beam was fired, scientists proudly declared it a solution looking for a problem. Decades before they were scanning groceries or irritating cats, physicists had no earthly idea what to do with coherent light, proving that even geniuses occasionally lack vision.
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