Sociology / Unit 3 Soc 0329 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Discovery and Invention
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The idea
Discovery finds something that already existed; invention combines existing things into something new. Both drive change from inside a culture.
In practice
Penicillin was discovered — the mold already existed; the printing press was invented — screw press, ink, and movable type combined into something new.
Where people slip
Both are social events — what a society does with the new thing is the change.
Your place on the trail
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