Necessity is not the mother of invention
Given the numerous accidental discoveries worldwide, we can safely conclude that necessity is not the main driving force behind inventions.
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Given the numerous accidental discoveries worldwide, we can safely conclude that necessity is not the main driving force behind inventions.
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Necessity has undoubtedly brought about several major inventions like telephones, computers, and the Internet, to name a few.
https://www.markercontent.com/articles/technology/9-best-examples-of-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention-283166
If there is one factor that has been a huge driving force of invention and evolution, it’s human adversity!
Several other major scientific inventions and discoveries, like X-rays, penicillin, insulin, and LSD, came by accidentally.
I concur. Isaac Newton’s discovery of gravity is one perfect example of how necessity doesn’t drive invention.