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Invention is searching a problem space to find novel solutions to problems. Can you explain why such a search would require agency?



That’s not the definition of invention.

> a: something invented: such as (1): a device, contrivance, or process originated after study and experiment (2): a product of the imagination especially : a false conception[0]

Studying, experimenting, and imagining all require agency.

[0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invention


So if a process produces a device such as a bicycle without agency, that process is simply not invention, correct?




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