21 Accidental Inventions That Changed Our World

[rangerrebew]

21 Accidental Inventions That Changed Our World
By Katie Serena on December 4, 2017
Forget genius. A happy combination of dumb luck and coincidence was all it took for these accidental inventions to exist.

21 Accidental Inventions That Changed Our World
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Often times, scientists will try to uncover or create one thing, only to end up creating something entirely different. And while these accidental inventions and discoveries usually turn out to be useless, sometimes they turn out to be something that becomes incredibly useful for mankind.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/accidental-inventions

[Fishrrman]

Very interesting if you click on the link and read the article.

[The_Reader_David]

If they were accidental, they were discoveries, not inventions.  Invention requires intent to make something new.  Discovering doesn't require intent, and thus can be accidental.

[Frank Cannon]

If they were accidental, they were discoveries, not inventions.  Invention requires intent to make something new.  Discovering doesn't require intent, and thus can be accidental.

Way to be a buzz kill by injecting proper definitions into the discussion. Now the thread is ruined.

[RoosGirl]

If they were accidental, they were discoveries, not inventions.  Invention requires intent to make something new.  Discovering doesn't require intent, and thus can be accidental.

Then it would be plagiarizing this article

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/accidental-discoveries

[Frank Cannon]

Then it would be plagiarizing this article

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/accidental-discoveries

LOL. There are no new ideas. Just recycled garbage.