What is the word when people come up with the same idea independently
Suppose Darwin and Wallace independently come up with a similar idea. It's like the idea has entered the social consciousness at that time. What is the word for this called? Kind of the tipping point where everyone catches on and starts doing similar stuff independently.
Okay thanks guys for your answers, I am a huge fan of the site and I've been a long time lurker, this worked out well. :)
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Suppose Darwin and Wallace independently come up with a similar idea. It's like the idea has entered the social consciousness at that time. What is the word for this called? Kind of the tipping point where everyone catches on and starts doing similar stuff independently.
Okay thanks guys for your answers, I am a huge fan of the site and I've been a long time lurker, this worked out well. :)
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asked Nov 28 '14 at 13:05
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It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
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Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:23
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In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
– John Lawler
Nov 28 '14 at 15:35
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@ben Synchronicity.
– Joe Dark
Nov 28 '14 at 17:41
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Suppose Darwin and Wallace independently come up with a similar idea. It's like the idea has entered the social consciousness at that time. What is the word for this called? Kind of the tipping point where everyone catches on and starts doing similar stuff independently.
Okay thanks guys for your answers, I am a huge fan of the site and I've been a long time lurker, this worked out well. :)
single-word-requests
asked Nov 28 '14 at 13:05
bananabenanabananabenana
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Suppose Darwin and Wallace independently come up with a similar idea. It's like the idea has entered the social consciousness at that time. What is the word for this called? Kind of the tipping point where everyone catches on and starts doing similar stuff independently.
Okay thanks guys for your answers, I am a huge fan of the site and I've been a long time lurker, this worked out well. :)
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It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
1
Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:23
1
In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
– John Lawler
Nov 28 '14 at 15:35
1
@ben Synchronicity.
– Joe Dark
Nov 28 '14 at 17:41
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It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
1
Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:23
1
In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
– John Lawler
Nov 28 '14 at 15:35
1
@ben Synchronicity.
– Joe Dark
Nov 28 '14 at 17:41
1
1
It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
1
1
Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:23
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:23
1
1
In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
– John Lawler
Nov 28 '14 at 15:35
In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
– John Lawler
Nov 28 '14 at 15:35
1
1
@ben Synchronicity.
– Joe Dark
Nov 28 '14 at 17:41
@ben Synchronicity.
– Joe Dark
Nov 28 '14 at 17:41
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As @Dan Bron points out in his comment, multiple discovery fits the bill perfectly.
Other terms that are sometimes used are simultaneous invention or independent invention. Frequency of occurrence in Google Search are:
Multiple discovery: 26,600
Simultaneous invention: 12,100
Independent invention: 69,900
In Google books:
Multiple discovery: 4,780
Simultaneous invention: 4,460
Independent invention: 33,500
See this Ngram. The figures for independent invention are possibly skewed because this term is used in patent law.
If you're looking for a better, more cool name, synchronicity might work:
the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
For added coolness (depending on your age :-)) it's also the title of a 1983 album by The Police.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 20:00
Frank H.Frank H.
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The idiomatic way to describe just this kind of situation is by saying that the idea was (floating) in the air. And unlike most other suggestions on this page, this particular metaphor is not limited to English to boot.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
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Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
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Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
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It is known as 'Zeitgeist' when two things of the same nature are thought of or done independently of each other.
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Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
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I remember learning about the concept you're referring to - as observed in Japanese monkeys learning to wash their food... i.e. the "tipping point" when all the monkeys suddenly started washing - even though they had no contact with the behavior. I think they called it "Hundredth Monkey Syndrome"
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Collective consciousness is another way to describe it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness
answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
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Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
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[Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake:] (http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance)
answered Aug 18 '17 at 4:51
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I came up with a term a while before I saw this! It’s called aspegior. The definition is when two people independently come up with the same idea, yet not inspired by each other. I also made terms such as alidise, uvianquist, catcical, ompuse, parachodial, chandais, devaste, etc.
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How about great minds think alike?
This proverb seems quite relevant.
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
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As @Dan Bron points out in his comment, multiple discovery fits the bill perfectly.
Other terms that are sometimes used are simultaneous invention or independent invention. Frequency of occurrence in Google Search are:
Multiple discovery: 26,600
Simultaneous invention: 12,100
Independent invention: 69,900
In Google books:
Multiple discovery: 4,780
Simultaneous invention: 4,460
Independent invention: 33,500
See this Ngram. The figures for independent invention are possibly skewed because this term is used in patent law.
If you're looking for a better, more cool name, synchronicity might work:
the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
For added coolness (depending on your age :-)) it's also the title of a 1983 album by The Police.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 20:00
Frank H.Frank H.
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As @Dan Bron points out in his comment, multiple discovery fits the bill perfectly.
Other terms that are sometimes used are simultaneous invention or independent invention. Frequency of occurrence in Google Search are:
Multiple discovery: 26,600
Simultaneous invention: 12,100
Independent invention: 69,900
In Google books:
Multiple discovery: 4,780
Simultaneous invention: 4,460
Independent invention: 33,500
See this Ngram. The figures for independent invention are possibly skewed because this term is used in patent law.
If you're looking for a better, more cool name, synchronicity might work:
the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
For added coolness (depending on your age :-)) it's also the title of a 1983 album by The Police.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 20:00
Frank H.Frank H.
3,0441118
add a comment |
As @Dan Bron points out in his comment, multiple discovery fits the bill perfectly.
Other terms that are sometimes used are simultaneous invention or independent invention. Frequency of occurrence in Google Search are:
Multiple discovery: 26,600
Simultaneous invention: 12,100
Independent invention: 69,900
In Google books:
Multiple discovery: 4,780
Simultaneous invention: 4,460
Independent invention: 33,500
See this Ngram. The figures for independent invention are possibly skewed because this term is used in patent law.
If you're looking for a better, more cool name, synchronicity might work:
the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
For added coolness (depending on your age :-)) it's also the title of a 1983 album by The Police.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 20:00
Frank H.Frank H.
3,0441118
As @Dan Bron points out in his comment, multiple discovery fits the bill perfectly.
Other terms that are sometimes used are simultaneous invention or independent invention. Frequency of occurrence in Google Search are:
Multiple discovery: 26,600
Simultaneous invention: 12,100
Independent invention: 69,900
In Google books:
Multiple discovery: 4,780
Simultaneous invention: 4,460
Independent invention: 33,500
See this Ngram. The figures for independent invention are possibly skewed because this term is used in patent law.
If you're looking for a better, more cool name, synchronicity might work:
the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (as similar thoughts in widely separated persons or a mental image of an unexpected event before it happens) that seem related but are not explained by conventional mechanisms of causality —used especially in the psychology of C. G. Jung
For added coolness (depending on your age :-)) it's also the title of a 1983 album by The Police.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 20:00
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The idiomatic way to describe just this kind of situation is by saying that the idea was (floating) in the air. And unlike most other suggestions on this page, this particular metaphor is not limited to English to boot.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
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Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
add a comment |
The idiomatic way to describe just this kind of situation is by saying that the idea was (floating) in the air. And unlike most other suggestions on this page, this particular metaphor is not limited to English to boot.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
82.9k31281378
Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
add a comment |
The idiomatic way to describe just this kind of situation is by saying that the idea was (floating) in the air. And unlike most other suggestions on this page, this particular metaphor is not limited to English to boot.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
82.9k31281378
The idiomatic way to describe just this kind of situation is by saying that the idea was (floating) in the air. And unlike most other suggestions on this page, this particular metaphor is not limited to English to boot.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
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answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
82.9k31281378
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
82.9k31281378
answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:54
RegDwigнt♦RegDwigнt
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Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
add a comment |
Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
Before you ask: I can vow for German, French, and Russian. That's Germanic, Romance, and Slavic right there, so I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole array of other languages join the choir with their calques. (Edit: now also confirmed in our chat for Spanish and Dutch.) Not sure who started it, but I feel like betting an insubstantial amount on Ancient Greek philosophers.
– RegDwigнt♦
Nov 28 '14 at 22:03
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It is known as 'Zeitgeist' when two things of the same nature are thought of or done independently of each other.
edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
aparente001
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answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:53
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Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
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It is known as 'Zeitgeist' when two things of the same nature are thought of or done independently of each other.
edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
aparente001
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answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:53
Jonathon DurnoJonathon Durno
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Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
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It is known as 'Zeitgeist' when two things of the same nature are thought of or done independently of each other.
edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
aparente001
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answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:53
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It is known as 'Zeitgeist' when two things of the same nature are thought of or done independently of each other.
edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
aparente001
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answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:53
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edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
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edited Aug 22 '15 at 4:37
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Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
add a comment |
Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
Zeitgeist means spirit of the times, a somewhat different phenomenon.
– Chenmunka
Aug 21 '15 at 14:29
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
My German spouse shares your opinion of the applicability of this word to the Darwin-Wallace scenario.
– aparente001
Aug 22 '15 at 4:38
add a comment |
I remember learning about the concept you're referring to - as observed in Japanese monkeys learning to wash their food... i.e. the "tipping point" when all the monkeys suddenly started washing - even though they had no contact with the behavior. I think they called it "Hundredth Monkey Syndrome"
answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
OldbagOldbag
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I remember learning about the concept you're referring to - as observed in Japanese monkeys learning to wash their food... i.e. the "tipping point" when all the monkeys suddenly started washing - even though they had no contact with the behavior. I think they called it "Hundredth Monkey Syndrome"
answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
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I remember learning about the concept you're referring to - as observed in Japanese monkeys learning to wash their food... i.e. the "tipping point" when all the monkeys suddenly started washing - even though they had no contact with the behavior. I think they called it "Hundredth Monkey Syndrome"
answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
OldbagOldbag
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I remember learning about the concept you're referring to - as observed in Japanese monkeys learning to wash their food... i.e. the "tipping point" when all the monkeys suddenly started washing - even though they had no contact with the behavior. I think they called it "Hundredth Monkey Syndrome"
answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
OldbagOldbag
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answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
OldbagOldbag
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answered Nov 28 '14 at 13:59
OldbagOldbag
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Collective consciousness is another way to describe it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness
answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
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Collective consciousness is another way to describe it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness
answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
1
Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
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Collective consciousness is another way to describe it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness
answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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Collective consciousness is another way to describe it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_consciousness
answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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answered Mar 6 '16 at 14:49
cpucpu
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Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
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Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
– user140086
Mar 6 '16 at 17:07
Apparently your link doesn't show the term collective consciousness means a term that is used when people come up with the same idea independently.
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[Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake:] (http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance)
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[Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake:] (http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance)
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[Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake:] (http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance)
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[Morphic Resonance by Rupert Sheldrake:] (http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance)
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I came up with a term a while before I saw this! It’s called aspegior. The definition is when two people independently come up with the same idea, yet not inspired by each other. I also made terms such as alidise, uvianquist, catcical, ompuse, parachodial, chandais, devaste, etc.
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I came up with a term a while before I saw this! It’s called aspegior. The definition is when two people independently come up with the same idea, yet not inspired by each other. I also made terms such as alidise, uvianquist, catcical, ompuse, parachodial, chandais, devaste, etc.
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I came up with a term a while before I saw this! It’s called aspegior. The definition is when two people independently come up with the same idea, yet not inspired by each other. I also made terms such as alidise, uvianquist, catcical, ompuse, parachodial, chandais, devaste, etc.
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How about great minds think alike?
This proverb seems quite relevant.
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
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How about great minds think alike?
This proverb seems quite relevant.
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
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How about great minds think alike?
This proverb seems quite relevant.
How about great minds think alike?
This proverb seems quite relevant.
answered Nov 28 '14 at 14:20
user15851
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
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Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
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True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
True, however it might not necessarily be a good idea :P
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 14:48
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
That should be bad minds think alike ;)
– user15851
Nov 28 '14 at 15:00
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
Hahaha, touche good human
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 15:33
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It's quite directly and unimaginatively called "Multiple Discovery" and is typically contrasted with the "'Heroic Theory' of Invention and Discovery".
– Dan Bron
Nov 28 '14 at 13:08
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Yeah sorry I did know that, I just thought there was a better, more cool name.
– bananabenana
Nov 28 '14 at 13:21
I wish there were too; but I once spent a good bit of time looking for a cooler phrase than "An idea whose time has come", and didn't find anything pithier. You might say something was "In the zeitgeist", but that has its own flaws.
– Dan Bron
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In history of science, this is known as "Railroad time". I.e, when the economy has reached a certain state of infrastructure (coal, steel, and land available, plus steam engines and demand for transportation), it's "Railroad time", and the idea of building railroads occurs to many people naturally at the same time. As it in fact did. Much the same thing happened a century or so later with the automobile.
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@ben Synchronicity.
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