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The first lab assistant was hired because the scientist needed someone to say “are you sure?” repeatedly. Quality control is a personality.

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There is no record of the first lab assistant being hired to ask 'are you sure?'. Laboratory assistants have been employed in science for centuries, and the first cannot be identified.

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