many important discoveries or creations are accidental: it is usually while seeking the answer to one question that we come across the answer to another.

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many important discoveries or creations are accidental: it is usually while seeking the answer to one question that we come across the answer to another.

Although there are many incidents in history where discoveries occurred by accident or it happened while searching answers to some other problems, however, there are many other discoveries, which were sought out purposely. Hence, we cannot generalize that most discoveries are accidental.

The author has given this statement based on some examples from the history, but this statement is overstated. In this statement, the author has given more importance to serendipity, which is not correct.

However, you cannot ignore many accidental discoveries in the world. There are many examples in hist...

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