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>  To begin, he was not a scientist.  A scientist seeks to increase mankind'=
s
>knowledge.  Di Vinci did no such thing.  Scientists PUBLISH their discovies=
;
>Di Vinci did not.
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 Di Vinci cannot, as far as I can tell, be credited with the discovery of
anything; credit goes to the person who publishes and thus gets the ball
rolling.
>
Is this another form of "publidsh or perish"?

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