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detourdog 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Compression is prediction

One could give citations regarding calculus it's pretty interesting. Since it was done twice by both Newton and Liebniz. There must have been cultural developments in the 1660's that demanded calculus be invented.

hellohello2 16 days ago [–]

Yeah I agree, I was just saying I really doubt the author of that blog post was trying to take credit for the ideas they present.

detourdog 16 days ago | [–]

Yes there is chasm between not citing references and stealing ideas. I assume no malice and just want contextual explanations.

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