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The shoulders of giants and the lone genious myths are the same myth. The giants in question are the lone genii

Some ultrabight people did the hard work, and you're just using their stuff. There's no spectrum between 1 and 1

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A lot of the people who espouse the "shoulders of giants" myth use it to discredit the idea of the "lone genius" (without thinking about who the giants are). They believe that the giants represent societal knowledge, not individuals who made great contributions.