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Published June 1, 2026
Scientific progress depends upon inheritance.
No investigator begins from zero.
Every observation, model, method, and framework is influenced by prior work.
This paper evaluates scientific advancement as an inheritance process through which understanding accumulates across generations.
Scientific inheritance succeeds when future investigators can begin beyond the starting point of previous investigators.
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