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What's the rule for rules that get named multiple times because nobody knows about them?



Seems mostly like The Matthew Effect[1], with a touch of Stigler's law of eponymy[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect#Sociology_of_sc...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler's_law_of_eponymy


These really don't get to the meat of the matter for me as these seem to be about giving credit. I think Nirvana Fallacy, mentioned in another comment is the right one.


I did say "If no name yet..."


It wasn't a jab at you or anybody, I just found the whole exchange pretty funny




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