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Oliver Evans

It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.

Oliver Evans

Communication

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Sometimes, two people can come to the same conclusion or create the same invention independently because they are both using correct logical thinking about a technical problem. This shows that clear reasoning can lead different individuals to identical results even without talking to each other.

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