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Amusingly I see this happen all the time in the information security domain. Two researchers coming out with the same results at basically the same time and the
by bitexploder 5y ago
Amusingly I see this happen all the time in the information security domain. Two researchers coming out with the same results at basically the same time and they were isolated and doing the work independently. It happens in science and other areas so often. It’s an interesting phenomenon for sure. Maybe someone has named it and thought more about it. I just imagine we are all primed with roughly the same information and resources and these lovely little coincidences pop up from time to time, relatively often.
- J5892 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery "Multiple Discovery" is kind of on the nose, but it works.
- spockz 5y agoI think “Zeitgeist” is the prevalent term here. Or maybe it more the cause of multiple discovery, reading the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeist
- randomswede 5y agoOr possibly "steam-engine time".
- userbinator 5y agoI found it amusing that this time, both the article submitter and the second person to do a similar hack are named Josh. Perhaps that's slightly less common.
- hapidjus 5y agoSynchronicity?