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I think some guy named Kolmogorov beat you to that law.

• jacques_chester 14y ago
  Looks like my standard disclaimer is correct again. http://chester.id.au/standard-disclaimer/ http://chester.id.au/standard-disclaimer/ Chester's Zeroth Law: He's never had an original idea, only good ideas that sometimes he doesn't know are unoriginal.
  • slashclee 14y ago
    If you haven't read Neal Stephenson's Anathem, you should. (That idea is called Saunt Lora's Proposition -- all possible ideas have already been found -- in the book. Good stuff.)
    • jacques_chester 14y ago
      "Confound those who have said our remarks before us" -- Aelius Donatus, circa 4th century AD.