The distinction gets fuzzy when you wander beyond the purely
physical, or when you ask whose observations count. Tombaugh
discovered Pluto, but did anyone discover Uranus? (It had been seen
many times, but not noticed as a planet, before Herschel studied it
and figured out what it was.)
Vicki
rosenzweig@acm.org
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From: owner-virus
To: virus
Subject: virus: Discoveries and Inventions
Date: Saturday, February 01, 1997 4:23PM
This subject came up in the context of Ayn Rand.
What is the difference between an invention and a discovery? I'm
suspicious.
Reed
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