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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/StaticBang on 2023-08-11 19:17:48.

Original Title: Why is “Simultaneous invention” observed across the world when more than 1 inventor makes a breakthrough that is world altering? A good example of this is the creation of the telephone, as Alexander G. Bell and Elisha Gray both filed a patent for the telephone on the same day, unaware of eachother.