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I think his point is great that naming by the original discoverer ties into a much more interesting history of global endeavor, though students may prefer to resolve the double standard in favor of the descriptive names. Who do we lobby for change?
History departments of educational institutions.
It's rather easy to claim that in hindsight, with perceived perfect information.
Nope. Or did you know any of this before this post?
Not sure what you mean, but I can look it up because information can now flow easily in this world. That's something that wasn't possible not that long ago. So rediscovery will have happened regularly because you simply had no means to access the previous discovered knowledge.