[wlib]

This shows a funny way that the word invent has shifted in meaning. Invent means “found” (almost literally “came upon” in Latin) - yet for some reason it shifted to mean “created” in a sort of “this is mine don’t steal it from me” sense. Then here we are clarifying that we literally mean the actual meaning of the word. It’s interesting that math is considered impossible to have as intellectual property, yet we think somehow that IP law is justifiable for everything else.

[Koshkin]

> we literally mean the actual meaning

Also, in the everyday speech the word "literally" no longer means what it was meant to mean.

[titzer]

Yeah, that is odd. The german word is "erfunden" which is something like "completely found".