Artists don't invent them, they only discover them. The Germans had to invent and improvise a lot of equipment. How many new numbers can you invent anyway? But they invent algorithms that are easier to understand, rather than faster to carry out. How do we know he didn't "invent" the thing? I couldn't invent myself any more. He preferred to invent rather than use a formula. Why did we invent the printing press? They invent slightly new words to mask the similarities. Noah Webster popularized such spellings in America, but he did not invent most of them. Contrary to common belief, NASA did not invent Tang, Velcro or Teflon. Historians would also invent and compose speeches for didactic purposes. However, he did not invent it. He notes he didn't invent the name. Hamlet" helped Freud understand, and perhaps even invent, psychoanalysis".