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While watching an Ancient Aliens (yes I know) episode on The Akashic Record, there was a reference to how many inventions had been produced by different inventors at the same time. I was familiar with a few of these, Joseph Swan’s light bulb being of particular interest to me as a northerner. But there are many more examples where groundbreaking inventions appear simultaneously on different continents.
While Ancient Aliens jumps to the obvious conclusion, it is interesting that while the lead-in steps to creating a new technology may be the result of tiny increments of progress, it does seem like there may be a belt and braces approach to humanity making these technical strides with two brains having the same idea at the same time.
Programme here...
Also of note - at the end there is a mention of the universe being comprised of data looking a lot like ones and zeroes.
Apologies if this has been mentioned in another thread.
https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsess...mail&utm_medium=quartz-obsession&utm_content=In 1922, researchers William Ogburn and Dorothy Thomas set out to unearth some truth about multiple discovery by looking at the data. The pair compiled a list of 148 discoveries that were made independently by more than one scientists, and found a trend: it’s happening more and more often.
While Ancient Aliens jumps to the obvious conclusion, it is interesting that while the lead-in steps to creating a new technology may be the result of tiny increments of progress, it does seem like there may be a belt and braces approach to humanity making these technical strides with two brains having the same idea at the same time.
Programme here...
Also of note - at the end there is a mention of the universe being comprised of data looking a lot like ones and zeroes.
Apologies if this has been mentioned in another thread.