Went down the rabbit hole to the initial paper describing this phenomenon [1] from 1848. Turns out the paper immediately preceding it in the journal is "The cal

Went down the rabbit hole to the initial paper describing this phenomenon [1] from 1848. Turns out the paper immediately preceding it in the journal is "The calculus of logic" by George Boole! I wonder what the density of papers that will be of any practical relevance in 170 years is in today's journals... [1] https://www.google.com/books?id=JrQ4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.google.com/books?id=JrQ4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198#v=onep...