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by Rexxar 3202 days ago
Indeed, stopping to rank everything on absurd scales would be a great intellectual achievement for humanity.
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That's what I thought browsing the comments.

As a scientist, it is important to attribute ideas to the people that put them forward.

But the essence of science is about the preservation, dissemination, and most importantly researching knowledge.

Whenever the topic of attribution comes up, it seems to quickly escalate from giving due credit to sciences politics.