#109: Stigler’s Law of Eponomy, Iterative Plagiarism & the Matilda Effect
3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Scientific Discovery
I. Stigler’s Law of Eponymy
No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.
Eponymy is the practice of naming a discovery after the person who has actually discovered it. In 1980, howev…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The Mind Collection Newsletter to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.