Andrew Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 10:22:41PM +0100, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > >> Patrick Burns wrote: >> >>> Douglas Bates wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3/3/2008 9:10 AM, Rogers, James A [PGRD Groton] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> As someone of partly French heritage, I would also ask how this >>>>>> distribution came to be called "Gaussian". It seems very unfair to de >>>>>> Moivre, who discovered the distribution at least half a century earlier. >>>>>> :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Just an example of Stigler's Law. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Taking this to a whole new level of "off topic", I wonder if Stigler's >>>> Law is self-referential? That is, should Stigler's Law more correctly >>>> be attributed to someone else? >>>> >>>> >>> No. If Stigler's Law were named after some prior person, >>> then it wouldn't be an example of itself. >>> >>> >> Only if said person actually was first to discover it, surely. >> > > I believe that Stigler believes that he was not the first to discover > Stigler's Law Which is why it is an example of itself...
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