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I honestly thought I made this up myself. I've told so many people over the years about the rule of three. I guess there's a chance I saw this before and forgot
by globular-toast 3y ago
I honestly thought I made this up myself. I've told so many people over the years about the rule of three. I guess there's a chance I saw this before and forgot, or that I converged on the same rule.
- smokel 3y agoIn trying to look up the scientific word for this, I discovered "cryptomnesia" [1], which I certainly did not invent myself. Not sure if this is actually describing your phenomenon, it might also be "unconscious plagiarism". [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomnesia
- mihaic 3y agoThis does seem like one of those rules that would be independently developed by many experienced developers, so neither is hard to believe.