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0 pointsmichaelcampbell5y ago0 comments

This feels a bit like a distinction without a difference. If 2 people come up on the same idea without knowledge of the other, that doesn't necessarily make them different ideas.

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HeckFeck5y ago

Exactly, if anything it lends validity to the idea. See how Leibniz and Newton thrashed it out over calculus.

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0 pointsmichaelcampbell5y ago0 comments

This feels a bit like a distinction without a difference. If 2 people come up on the same idea without knowledge of the other, that doesn't necessarily make them different ideas.

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HeckFeck5y ago

Exactly, if anything it lends validity to the idea. See how Leibniz and Newton thrashed it out over calculus.

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