2007-01-14 01:20:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
People invent things when they have to- the circumstances of their life, previously comfortable, call for some solution, and a new invention is born.
Thomas Edison would never have invented the lightbulb if his brother didn't always lock him in the closet.
2007-01-14 01:23:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most great inventions were created by people who saw a great need for something at the time. The light bulb -- the need for lighting inside the house, etc.
But it also holds true in other ways. When you are just doing something in your daily world, and you don't have something you need to accomplish a task, don't you "make do" with something else?
I have hammered nails with the edge of a rock! Or the end of a screw driver, because I didn't have a hammer. In other words, when you have a need for something, you can create or invent an alternate way to get the job done!
2007-01-14 01:25:45 · answer #2 · answered by luvmelodio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People invent things because they have a necessity--a need. So therefore, if they don't see a need for something, it is not invented.
This is the origin of such a saying.
Nowadays, many people's perception of "necessity" is completely altered.
We don't need 90% of what we have.
2007-01-14 01:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because ppl invent things that other ppl need. If no one could use the invention, then why would we invent it? The need to make life better / easier / simpler is the motivation behind invention.
2007-01-14 01:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 6 main needs of society. For example, transportation. We needed faster transportation. Thus, cars were invented.
2007-01-14 01:27:13 · answer #5 · answered by The Great Walrus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato first said that.
It means that having a need for something inspires people to create or invent things to solve that need.
2007-01-14 01:25:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem.
This saying appears in the dialogue Republic, by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato.
2007-01-14 01:24:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody needs something so they think of a way to invent it.
2007-01-14 01:28:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when a need for something arises, andthere is nothing there to fill that need, often that causes someone to put the thought necessary to fulfill that need, hence, a new invention.
2007-01-14 01:24:47 · answer #9 · answered by mxzptlk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the more important it is to accomplish a task, the more likely it is that a way will be created (invented, whatever) to do it.
2007-01-14 01:23:24 · answer #10 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋