Message from @NinjaQuick
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Invented.
it also depends on if you consider the lack of a patent an 'invention'
Why are people so dumb.
Ok
So
to 'invent' is a rather capitalist idea
For billions of years of ideas
no one invented the electron, it's was discovered, it's discoverer is credited, the periodic table required a system of notation to be "invented"
you discover elements you dont invent them.....
Invention only occurred in the last hundred and fifty.
well the point is a person that invents is given credit
Before patents literally nobody invented anything ever.
Good to know.
correct
so if you think that everyone is a member of a colllective, no one gets credit
10/10 300iq take.
Discovery =/= invention
so you don't really 'invent'
The periodic table is a discovery
before patents the legal definition of an invention was not written down
They were given credit before that though, which would have been just as valuable
Periodic table is an invention.
It is a visual representation of several Data points relevant to the nature of atomic elements.
discovery doesn't work because Darwin didn't invent the animals he documented
periodic table is an invention... just like a tv was invented, even though its elements were discovered... its not that hard
he just cataloged them
It is a categorization based off of shit that was already there but wasn't noticed yet, hence discovered
not exactly
he didnt catalogue anything
More like a standard of visualising the elements, Like the Julian calander
he was the first INTELLECTUAL to write shit down
Mevedev invented a way of categorizing and displaying information for easy consumption.
no, the periodic table was a human centric system for notating the naturally occurring elements
but MANY noticed before him
they just didn't read nor write nor care
the notation was invented, the fact it is based on 8 was discovered
Exactly, it wasn't like he discovered periods or groups
He just invented the best way (so far) of visualizing it.