Richard Feynman and The Connection Machine - The Long Now https://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/

' ...When I got back to Boston I went to the library and discovered a book by Kimura on the subject, and much to my disappointment, all of our "discoveries" were covered in the first few pages.
When I called back and told Richard what I had found, he was elated.
"Hey, we got it right!" he said. "Not bad for amateurs." '