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Comment author: [deleted] 27 January 2014 10:33:53AM 2 points [-]

Einstein only ever had one paper peer reviewed, and it upset him greatly.

Well admittedly, one of the things one learns very early in a scientific career is that writing a paper good enough that peer reviewers won't absolutely hate it is a surprisingly high target to hit.