The language of discovery sometimes forgets the people who were already there.

Talking about discovering a place, an idea, or a technique often quietly erases everyone who already knew. The word marks the moment it became known to a particular group and presents that as the beginning, which flatters the newcomer and removes the people who were there.

When you find something new to you, try saying you learned about it rather than found it, and ask who was already working on it. It is a small change of phrasing. It keeps you looking for the existing knowledge, which is usually more useful to you anyway.