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I think notation can certainly be regarded as a kind of discovery. As time goes on, notation improves dramatically as a tool of thought. This improvement is a r
by dTal 7y ago
I think notation can certainly be regarded as a kind of discovery. As time goes on, notation improves dramatically as a tool of thought. This improvement is a result of feedback over what works and what doesn't. The feedback is discovery.
Invention = discovery in "solution space".
- stjohnswarts 7y agoI don't understand why it is useful to argue "invention is discovery is invention". They are fairly well defined in the dictionary and it's a useful distinction to humans. Sure there is a gray area of a wide swathe of overlap, but in general they are useful as commonly understood.