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At the opposite end of things, here's Stigler's law of eponymy[0]. This "law" states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer. It wa
by ahmedfromtunis 3y ago
At the opposite end of things, here's Stigler's law of eponymy[0]. This "law" states that no scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.
It was discovered by Robert K. Merton.
[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy
- riffraff 3y agoThank you for this, it made me genuinely chuckle
- kqr 3y agoIs this a little like how all famous Germans are Austrian, and all famous French are Belgian?
- mikhailfranco 3y agoThe two most famous Belgians are fictitious: Hercule Poirot, Tintin Unless you are a cyclist, then the most famous Belgian is: Eddie Merckx Excluding the unmentionable infamous King Leopold II, of course. But Belgium has only existed since 1839, so it has a limited run.