Bonus question: What is an invention that was really important and there is no telling how long we would have to wait for it to appear had it not been discovered by the one credited with it?

  • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.net
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    19 hours ago

    had they not done it at the time, it is likely that someone else would have done it anyway not long after?

    I think it’s a safe assumption that most inventions would have been invented by someone else, the opposite is usually the more notable exception. Some things may have been invented and forgotten by history multiple times because of random things like there was no supply chain for copper/steel/coal or w/e back then.