Interestingly, there was a Hacker News discussion on this article when it first came out, debating the claims made by the paper you cited. TL;DR: It wasn't sar

Interestingly, there was a Hacker News discussion on this article when it first came out, debating the claims made by the paper you cited. TL;DR: It wasn't sarcastic. Whewel was an admirer of Somerville. The paper made some liberal attributions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24863419 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24863419