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Ohm's law you called resistance law, Maxwell's equations you called electromagnetic equations, Planck's constant you called the quantum constant... -- The Thre
by mathteddybear 4y ago
Ohm's law you called resistance law, Maxwell's equations you called electromagnetic equations, Planck's constant you called the quantum constant...
-- The Three Body Problem
- gloryjulio 4y agoYeah sure, if it's just renaming of the functions and variables in the code base that's harmless I guess. But why would you do that if it's indeed from certain person (provided by that it's not stolen credit)? Are we going to getting rid all of the human names from the heaven's objects? We are still naming those things with ppl's names afaik
- zen21 4y agoAlso, aside from credit, it just makes it harder to research the history. I mean did someone else discover Maxwell’s equations, and Plank’s constant who we are overlooking? Do we need to stop using the word algorithm, and replace it with say, “procedural recipe”?
- mathteddybear 4y agoIt's a quote from a novel, the passage goes on with "all scientific accomplishments resulted from the wisdom of the working masses, and those capitalist academic authorities only stole these fruits and put their names on them" Compared to that, the example in the OP linked article is funny indeed