Related: Stigler's law of eponymy […] states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. […] Stigler himself named the sociologist Rob

Related: Stigler's law of eponymy […] states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. […] Stigler himself named the sociologist Robert K. Merton as the discoverer of "Stigler's law" to show that it follows its own decree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy