Multiple discovery

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The concept of multiple discovery (also known as simultaneous invention)^{[1][self-published source]} is the hypothesis that most scientific discoveries and inventions are made independently and more or less simultaneously by multiple scientists and inventors.^{[2][page needed]} The concept of multiple discovery opposes a traditional view—the "heroic theory" of invention and discovery.^{[not verified in body]} Multiple discovery is analogous to convergent evolution in biological evolution.^{[according to whom?][dubious – discuss][clarification needed]}