It's a bit out of turn to call what I'm saying ridiculous and imply that I'm employing some kind of fairytale reasoning and not offer any evidence other than yo

It's a bit out of turn to call what I'm saying ridiculous and imply that I'm employing some kind of fairytale reasoning and not offer any evidence other than your own opinion. You're free to disagree but your opening is writing checks that the body of your argument is not able to cash here. I don't see how a "rivalry" that destroyed Libniz' career was useful; the discoveries you're celebrating had already been made. Rivalry may have value, though in my mind it remains to be seen, but backstabbing certainly doesn't.