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But adding those will you get into the whole argument about whether Edison was an inventor or a relentless taker of other people's credit
by takno 11y ago
But adding those will you get into the whole argument about whether Edison was an inventor or a relentless taker of other people's credit
- DonaldFisk 11y agoDeciding who invented what is not always straightforward. The best you can do is give credit to whoever filed the patent first. Also, inventions don't often happen without the prior inventions which make them possible (lens -> telescope, thermionic valve + semiconductors -> transistor), and the social changes which make them inevitable.