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Stigler's law of eponomy says that no scientific law is named after its discoverer [0]. What you're describing is far more common than you might think! [0] htt
by soVeryTired 7y ago
Stigler's law of eponomy says that no scientific law is named after its discoverer [0]. What you're describing is far more common than you might think!
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
- avip 7y agoGreat, new member in the elite club of rules that make their own exception
- DomreiRoam 7y agoI don't think it's the case here: "Stigler himself named the sociologist Robert K. Merton as the discoverer of "Stigler's law" to show that it follows its own decree, though the phenomenon had previously been noted by others.", from the wikipedia article.
- BlackFly 7y agoI was thinking of this indeed, but felt I was already becoming a bit long winded. ;)