Chapter 39: Continuing the Experiment

Wyatt had heard similar sentiments about Chloe's comment many times over the years, but he had never felt that he had made the wrong decision. He loved physics, so he chose to pursue it. “But that’s not the most important thing,” Chloe continued, focusing back on the paper. “What’s important is that this is an excellent paper. Why didn’t you finish it, and why didn’t you submit it?” Chloe could tell that the paper was only half-written, and it was too good to be left gathering dust. It deserved to be published. Wyatt sat next to her, gazing thoughtfully at the paper on the table. “Because I didn’t feel it was perfect. What you’re seeing here is mostly theory, not the final results. I wanted better experimental data to support it, which would make it more complete. But after switching majors, I didn’t have time to continue the experiments.” There was a sense of regret in Wyatt’s voice. He had loved biology back then and had poured his heart into this paper. But with so many things h