Notice that both Leibniz and Newton produced original work. They were only competitors as to whom might get credit for the ideas. There was some redundancy in their work, but both were published and appreciated.
Interesting points. But consider that Newton and Leibniz independently developed the Calculus, which was strikingly original. I don’t know the history really well, but I believe that Newton saw Leibniz as a competitor and was very concerned about being scooped.
You know your research is original when the paper you submit to the DATA COMPRESSION conference about a DATA COMPRESSION method with which your client has been saving millions of dollars by COMPRESSING DATA for ten years and it is rejected with the notation “THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DATA COMPRESSION.”
@Barrowman I think a reply to your comment warrants a new blog post. Nevertheless, I find the history of calculus quite interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus#History
Notice that both Leibniz and Newton produced original work. They were only competitors as to whom might get credit for the ideas. There was some redundancy in their work, but both were published and appreciated.
Interesting points. But consider that Newton and Leibniz independently developed the Calculus, which was strikingly original. I don’t know the history really well, but I believe that Newton saw Leibniz as a competitor and was very concerned about being scooped.
You know your research is original when the paper you submit to the DATA COMPRESSION conference about a DATA COMPRESSION method with which your client has been saving millions of dollars by COMPRESSING DATA for ten years and it is rejected with the notation “THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DATA COMPRESSION.”
And it happened just like that.
“Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If it’s original, you’ll have to ram it down their throats.” — Howard Aiken
Even better than reading with no worry of being “scooped” is publishing with no fear. Nice post, Daniel!