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skybrianyesterday at 8:03 PM3 repliesview on HN

Any design already exists as a possibility, so it could be said to be both invented and discovered, depending on how you look at it.


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red75primeyesterday at 10:18 PM

On the other hand, it is proven that if you need to count things, the only thing you can discover/invent is the natural numbers.

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cubefoxyesterday at 8:08 PM

All inventions are discoveries, though not all discoveries are inventions.

FrustratedMonkyyesterday at 8:33 PM

Depending on your point of view? I see what you did there.

Who knew Obi-one was just smoking and pontificating on Wittgenstein.