This question appears at page 85 of: Are Inventions Inevitable? A Note on Social Evolution Author(s): William F. Ogburn and Dorothy Thomas, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Mar., 1922), pp. 83-98 Published by: The Academy of Political Science.
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Inventions are largely dependent on mental abilities to say the least. The ability to transform conception to outputs as a connection with the ideology of the individual, his behaviors and how he/she envision society. If I have a particular notion to help society, then my drive towards that notion may spur my interest to use my mental ability to achieve my aims why in most cases may be new...it becomes an invention. This trait is very rare and uncommon, cause not everyone is mentally drawn to use their abilities. Majority end up not discovering their abilities.
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Invention is commonly associated with devices, objects, and techniques, in which case it is scientific-technological, but other types are humanistic (or cultural) and sociopolitical. What is more, as the foregoing suggests, invention is not just the prerogative of individuals but also the composition, method, or process of collectives.
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