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Is reality invented or discovered? Is math invented or discovered? Was automata theory invented or discovered? OK well then is the quicksort algorithm invented or discovered? Is LISP invented or discovered? Is my code invented or discovered?


>>Is reality invented or discovered?

discovered, this is a tautology

>> Is math invented or discovered?

invented

>> Was automata theory invented or discovered?

invented

>>OK well then is the quicksort algorithm invented or discovered?

invented, unless you believe that humans do quicksort intuitively. In which case it wasn't invented by you, personally.

>>Is LISP invented or discovered?

invented

>>Is my code invented or discovered?

invented


Are invented and discovered just a matter of perspective?


If something did not exist prior to our action then it is an invention, otherwise it's a discovery.


>> Are invented and discovered just a matter of perspective?

invented




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