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Stigler’s law

No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.

Discoveries are most often the result of a combination of existing discoveries that solve a problem with an old invention.

The famous person is often the one who communicates an idea the best, not whose idea is the best.

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"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning." - William Arthur Ward

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