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[Watchmen] Why aren't there more Dr. Manhattans?

Seeing as the accident that converted a normal scientist into a god was highly publicised (at least, according to the movie) why haven't more people, or at least some of Dr. Manhattans colleagues, or maybe even Communist spies attempted to replicate the accident for their own benefit?
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They did try, but the circumstance that led to the birth of Dr Manhattan is unique. For one thing, Dr. Osterman had the scientific knowledge, being the son of a watchmaker, and the will to return to his girlfriend, all allowing him to slowly reconstruct himself.

Plus, if the Soviets were in fact feeding people into an intrinsic field generator to create another Dr Manhattan, these "volunteers" wouldn't have all of the combinations of traits embodied by Dr Osterman. They would need to find another guy who was taught the methodological method of putting machines together, have a good background in quantum physics, and an emotional tether. Plus, there might be a completely random element involved that no one knows of.