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I don't doubt you're already aware, but for context: Surprisingly, this is not a unique phenomenon. Calculus, evolution, magnetism, the telegraph, and the light
by Stupulous 6y ago
I don't doubt you're already aware, but for context: Surprisingly, this is not a unique phenomenon. Calculus, evolution, magnetism, the telegraph, and the lightbulb, among very many[1] others, all were discovered or invented at the same time independently. It isn't the rule, but it's definitely significant enough that single inventors aren't the rule either.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_discoveries
- bbarnett 6y agoPlus, how did one find anything out? Even when telegraph, the phone, and wireless first existed, how would you transmit thousands upon thousands of scientific papers? News? And who would pay the incredible cost of doing so? Imagine transcribing by hand, via Morris code, or reading/writing, via phone? How would Bob in Asia, know what Tom in the UK was working on? Even mail often did not exist reliably. Some stuff could be shipped, sure, but it isn't as if sail was speedy. People have been in the dark for most of history.