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Hmm traditional French saying as well: "Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien" I too call shenanigans on the Edison bit ;)
by omginternets 11y ago
Hmm traditional French saying as well: "Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien"
I too call shenanigans on the Edison bit ;)
- lucb1e 11y agoAssuming Edison is Thomas Edison, the Wikipedia page about him has nothing to say about any law of his. I suppose they meant another Edison, though that is sort of cheating ("Obama's law: such and such" -- oh, I meant Jamie Obama)
- talles 11y agoWhy that would be considered cheating? I often google names from personalities that I know and get a footballer or a singer in the first results.
- lucb1e 11y agoWell when using a very well-known name (such as Edison, Newton or Obama) it is expected that it's about Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton or Barack Obama, not some random dude who happens to have the same last name. If you want to quote Jason Edison, say it's Jason Edison's law to prevent misattribution instead of piggy-backing on the well-known name.
- talles 11y agoThe expectation is bounded to the audience and the context of the text. Maybe Jason Edison would be more obvious than Thomas in a given setting. Maybe there's an Edison that spacecraft folks know and we don't.
- rdancer 11y agoThe Taylor series and Coolidge effect want to have a word with you.
- ska 11y agoAs is common with household names, a fair percentage of the lore associated with it is nonsense.