I suspect that the apparent anticipation is simply an observational illusion, similar to the illusion of time-reversal experienced when it was first observed, though not realized, that Positrons sometimes exceeded light-speed.
"Ministry of Disturbance"
Henry Beam Piper
You say you had to assemble it, after creating the negative protons and neutrons and the Positrons.
"The Answer"
Henry Beam Piper