Some links on previous discussion that I'm aware of:

- Barany's original post on Scientific American Guest Blog: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mathematicia...

- Thony Christie's responses concerning Barany's interpretation of history of mathematics: https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/some-rather-strange-... and https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/a-spirited-defence/