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humans live in similar social societies with similar resource needs. and there is a genetic component. we think similarly.
there have been examples of twins/siblings separated at birth who never meet but end up to marry similar people, have similar pets, kids names even professions.
honeyontoast@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I’m assuming you mean big ideas like inventing the television and not two people thinking “hey let’s get pizza!” at the same time.
The rational: If you consider that at any point in time, the average person was facing the same problems as all the other average people, it is not too unreasonable to think that two people could think of the same solution since they were facing the same problem and likely had similar life experiences and education.
The cynical: We’re not as unique as we think we are.