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…Just to keep pushing on this, the reason that this is a plausible story that we got this from UFOs is because the magic behind how a semiconductor works is so mind-blowing and unfathomable that you could just experiment your way to finding this. That’s sort of what you’re going for here. I think that’s right. It really was this—overused—quantum leap to head back in tubes. That’s what the switches were made out of. It was one of the few places where there is still pure science being done at Bell Labs. They said when [01:02:03] switch, it doesn’t break. We sent a lot of people out in the middle of nowhere to replace these vacuum tubes. This could go on very long, but there were some key insights around doping germanium. You’re on the Acquired podcast, so it’s different. Indulge yourself.…

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