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  • From the wiki, and I’m simplifying:
    VW was handed over to the German government after being offered free-of-charge to Ford in 1948 by the British government (who ran the factory up till then).
    In 1946 the produced 1000 cars per month. In 1949, 2 cars were sold in the US.
    In 1952, 12 VWs were sold in Canada.
    In 1955 they produced over 1 million Beetles.

    So 3 years on life support being ran by the British. Dunno how long being run by the German government before becoming GmbH.











  • Yeh it is.
    Proving that a scientific theory is wrong means we don’t understand enough about the thing. And we know we need to look at other theories about the thing.
    Proving things wrong as well as failed hypothesis is as important (even if it is disappointing) as proving things correct and successful hypothesis. It rules the theory out, and guides further scientific study.
    With published papers, other scientists can hopefully see what the publishing scientists missed.
    Scientists can also repeat experiments of successful papers to confirm the papers conclusion, and perhaps even make further observations that can support further studies.