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Is fire an invention or a discovery?

Is fire an invention or a discovery?

  • An Invention

    Votes: 2 5.0%
  • A Discovery

    Votes: 34 85.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 10.0%

  • Total voters
    40
So if early man accidentally found out that rubbing things together create heat which then results in fire >>

You also have to have early man's children watch him do it. So it could be carried on to the next generations.

It probably started when he idly banged a flint stone on a rock over dry leaves or twigs. When he saw that the smoke caused his kids to cough and tried to stamp it out with his bare feet, he and his kids discovered that fire burned. Later on when he banged them together again, the flint stone shattered, left a sharp edge, his kids discovered that the sharp edge cut their dad's finger, and the first tool was born.

IMO. All tools and weapons were accidentally discovered by curiousity and accident back then because there was nothing to learn from.

ricksfolly



ricksfolly
 
I'll agree with some other posters here, and say:

"Fire is a discovery. Creating fire is an invention (think of all the ways that exist to create fire)".
 
Existance of fire could be considered a discovery. and the controlled use of fire an invention.
 
It was an invention, but none of you bastards ever thank me for it. I also invented dirt.

I still get pissed when I think of Prometheus stealing it from me, BTW.
 
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Uh ..... what? :confused:

Sorry...I was being a smartass...since everything including the internet and freee soda is considered a 'human right'...why not fire...(referenece several of the 'rights' threads)
 
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