I can't help thinking that this is a pointless, egocentric, argument. What does "discover" mean when your work is built on the works of others? Without the peop

I can't help thinking that this is a pointless, egocentric, argument. What does "discover" mean when your work is built on the works of others? Without the people building the instruments and the telescopes, without the people first finding all the not-quite-Earth like planets, none of this would happen. The two discoveries are clearly within the error bar of simultaneity, the way things happen in science.