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by empath75 2732 days ago
It might be more interesting to limit answers to historical times.
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bartread 2732 days ago
Why? The original question makes no mention of this, not to mention that it might be cool to think about a bunch of inventions that have been with us for so long that we entirely take them for granted.
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davidw 2732 days ago
Because the spirit of the question about an inventor choosing to remain anonymous, rather than being 'anonymous' because it was 5000 years ago.
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amineazariz 2732 days ago
Exactly, this how I meant it to be understood. Sorry if my original question wasn't precise enough.
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