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derbOac on June 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The myth of the myth of the lone genius

Stigler's Law of Eponomy is relevant to this discussion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy

rogersbacon17 on June 24, 2021 | [–]

Author here - you may enjoy another post of mine that mentions this - https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-3-mis... and https://rogersbacon.substack.com/p/eponymous-laws-part-i-law...

asymptosis on June 24, 2021 | [–]

Reminds me of Saunt Lora's Proposition from Neal Stephenson's Anathem :D

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