[hn_throawlles]

> It sure makes sense to love them, views are great. I don't know why they need a new name.

in very many cases, old things get new names so that more people can share in the claim that they invented what has been in fact merely re-invented

[tremon]

merely re-invented

*rediscovered

[mejutoco]

As a thought experiment. Was the original thing invented or discovered?

Many things are re-invented/rediscovered from first principles. In maths, some people prefer to think maths are created, and some prefer to think in terms of discovering/uncovering sth that was already there.