> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.technicaltea.show/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Episode 2: Eponyms: the good, the bad, the birds and the bee-tles - URL: https://www.technicaltea.show/002-eponyms-the-good-the-bad-the-birds-and-the-bee-tles/ - Published: 2026-09-07T14:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-10T02:28:38.000Z - Description: Why do we name birds, beetles, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going 5mph over the speed limit) may not work. Why, we would love to stop adding exclamation points to our emails! - Author: Huyen Tue Dao - Tags: Episode, #huyen Why do we name birds, beetles, telescopes, and principles after people? The good, the bad, the weird. Is there Death of the Author for Eponyms? Why infinitely optimizing (and going 5mph over the speed limit) may not work. Why, we would love to stop adding exclamation points to our emails! Never have I ever been an apothecary. --- # YouTube --- # Show Notes \[0:23\] Eponym [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym?ref=technicaltea.show) ▶ Eponyms in Biology \[1:26\] Carl Linnaeus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl\_Linnaeus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%5FLinnaeus?ref=technicaltea.show) \[1:42\] Aptostichus barackobamai [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptostichus\_barackobamai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptostichus%5Fbarackobamai?ref=technicaltea.show) \[2:18\] Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature [https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d418aae4-a28c-43e9-8713-91cb3139b9e2/files/spc289k55v](https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d418aae4-a28c-43e9-8713-91cb3139b9e2/files/spc289k55v?ref=technicaltea.show) \[2:45\] Anophthalmus hitleri [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anophthalmus\_hitleri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anophthalmus%5Fhitleri?ref=technicaltea.show) \[4:17\] Agathidium vaderi Miller, K. B. & Q. D. Wheeler, 2005 [https://www.gbif.org/taxon/65QRM](https://www.gbif.org/taxon/65QRM?ref=technicaltea.show) \[4:48\] Paramesonephric duct [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramesonephric\_duct](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramesonephric%5Fduct?ref=technicaltea.show) \[4:53\] Johannes Peter Müller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes\_Peter\_M%C3%BCller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%5FPeter%5FM%C3%BCller?ref=technicaltea.show) \[4:55\] Golgi apparatus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi\_apparatus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golgi%5Fapparatus?ref=technicaltea.show) \[4:58\] Camillo Golgi [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo\_Golgi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo%5FGolgi?ref=technicaltea.show) \[5:01\] Fallopian tube [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian\_tube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallopian%5Ftube?ref=technicaltea.show) \[5:02\] G-spot [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-spot?ref=technicaltea.show) \[5:51\] De-eponymising anatomical terminology [https://litfl.com/de-eponymising-anatomical-terminology/](https://litfl.com/de-eponymising-anatomical-terminology/?ref=technicaltea.show) \[6:29\] Where are all the Women? [https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/](https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/?ref=technicaltea.show) \[8:37\] Bird Names for Birds [https://birdnamesforbirds.wordpress.com](https://birdnamesforbirds.wordpress.com/?ref=technicaltea.show) ▶ Eponyms in Technology \[20:22\] Amdahl's law [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s\_law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s%5Flaw?ref=technicaltea.show) \[27:33\] Amdahl's Law for AI coding [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BrPB-j6ObY0](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BrPB-j6ObY0?ref=technicaltea.show) \[30:06\] The Mythical Man-Month [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Mythical\_Man-Month](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FMythical%5FMan-Month?ref=technicaltea.show) \[30:52\] The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mythical-man-month-the/0201835959/cover.xhtml](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mythical-man-month-the/0201835959/cover.xhtml?ref=technicaltea.show) \[31:29\] Liskov substitution principle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov\_substitution\_principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liskov%5Fsubstitution%5Fprinciple?ref=technicaltea.show) \[31:40\] Object-oriented programming [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented\_programming](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented%5Fprogramming?ref=technicaltea.show) \[31:56\] Liskov substitution principle - Architectural Patterns [https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/architectural-patterns/9781787287495/cf7feec3-2c90-43f7-a3e5-19148eb48cd3.xhtml](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/architectural-patterns/9781787287495/cf7feec3-2c90-43f7-a3e5-19148eb48cd3.xhtml?ref=technicaltea.show) \[32:39\] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope [https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/?ref=technicaltea.show) \[32:41\] Who Is Nancy Grace Roman? [https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/who-is-nancy-grace-roman/](https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/who-is-nancy-grace-roman/?ref=technicaltea.show) \[34:58\] Nancy Grace Roman with the James Webb Space Telescope [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy\_Grace\_Roman\_with\_the\_James\_Webb\_Space\_Telescope\_(42127816211).jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nancy%5FGrace%5FRoman%5Fwith%5Fthe%5FJames%5FWebb%5FSpace%5FTelescope%5F%2842127816211%29.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show) \[36:26\] NASA once again declines to rename the James Webb Space Telescope [https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137762508/nasa-declines-rename-james-webb-space-telescope-report](https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137762508/nasa-declines-rename-james-webb-space-telescope-report?ref=technicaltea.show) \[36:37\] Lavender Scare [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender\_Scare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender%5FScare?ref=technicaltea.show) \[37:40\] NASA policy discourages naming missions after individuals [https://spacenews.com/nasa-policy-discourages-naming-missions-after-individuals/](https://spacenews.com/nasa-policy-discourages-naming-missions-after-individuals/?ref=technicaltea.show) ▶ Something We Enjoyed This Month \[50:47\] Never Have I Ever: Stories by Isabel Yap [https://isabelyap.com/never-have-i-ever](https://isabelyap.com/never-have-i-ever?ref=technicaltea.show) \[53:58\] The Apothecary Diaries [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Apothecary\_Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%5FApothecary%5FDiaries?ref=technicaltea.show) \[54:42\] The Apothecary Diaries on Crunchyroll [https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G3KHEVDJ7/the-apothecary-diaries](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G3KHEVDJ7/the-apothecary-diaries?ref=technicaltea.show) --- Hosted by Nicole Ackermans and Huyen Tue Dao Edited by Huyen Tue Dao and Anthony Lemos