Right. So a lot of folks sailed around in boats and landed on shores that they
didn't know were there and they discovered those places. I think the Norsemen
stumbled upon the Americas before Columbus did and probably other people did,
previously to them. The folks who are currently in power, choose whom to
recognize as the discoverer of various lands. It's part of the story that they
tell themselves. Europeans made a habit of stumbling upon, and then taking
over other continents.
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I think Marco Polo may have been said to have discovered China. But it remains
that no matter who you are if you didn't know that something was there and you
find out that it is there then you have discovered it. For example, I remember
cleaning a floor and discovering a dime. It probably was in someone's pocket
before it was lost and there is no telling how many hands it passed through
before my discovery, but I still discovered it.
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Carl Sagan “Why do we put up with it? Do we like to be criticized? No, no
scientist enjoys it. Every scientist feels a proprietary affection for his or
her ideas and findings. Even so, you don’t reply to critics, Wait a minute;
this is a really good idea; I’m very fond of it; it’s done you no harm; please
leave it alone. Instead, the hard but just rule is that if the ideas don’t
work, you must throw them away.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science
as a Candle in the Dark On 12/17/2020 3:25 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
I wonder if someone is said to have discovered China or the Roman
Empire or Ancient Greece, or is it only lands with native populations
in South and Central America who are considered to have been
discovered if Europeans happen upon them?