A paper containing only things we already knew for sure is not a real scientific paper at all.
It's easy to sit back and feel smug because physicists might be wrong -- but it's impossible to do anything worthwhile without taking on that risk.
It's easy to sit back and feel smug because physicists might be wrong -- but it's impossible to do anything worthwhile without taking on that risk.
It could be. Confirming results is part of the scientific process.
Of course, very little ever meets that description.