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“Credit goes to the presenter, not the inventor” by Algon


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VN: Hey M, you come up with a name for the architecture yet?
M: No, we've been busy.
VN: Buddy, it takes all of 5 seconds to come up with a name.
M: Maybe for you! But for use mere mortals, it takes forever. E, I and the rest of the guys just can't settle on one. I don't see why you keep insisting the name's got to be short and sweet anyhow. Can't you just call it a report on computer architecture or something?
VN: That's the worst name! Look, let me explain what I'm worried about, and perhaps you'll see why I don't like that name, OK?
M: Shoot.
VN: Alright, so here's a question: who gets credit for an invention? Is it the person who first comes up with a discovery? Is it the more famous of the two co-creators? Is it entirely random? [...]





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First published:

October 26th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZxeKYhNPYMfdo5xQv/credit-goes-to-the-presenter-not-the-inventor

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