Multiple discovery

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Multiple discovery is the hypothesis that most inventions and scientific discoveries are made independently and simultaneously by multiple inventors and scientists. Multiple discovery is evidence for evolutionary models of science and technology, such as Memetics, Evolutionary epistemology, and Cultural selection theory. Multiple discovery is opposed to the traditional view, which is called The heroic theory of invention and scientific development.

[edit] See also

• The heroic theory of invention and scientific development

• Memetics

• Evolutionary epistemology

• Cultural selection theory

[edit] References

• Lamb, D., and S.M. Easton. 1984. Multiple Discovery: The Pattern of Scientific Progress. Amersham: Avebury Press.

[edit] External links

• http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=1

• http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/05/simultaneous_in.php

• http://apperceptual.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/the-heroic-theory-of-scientific-development/