On Aug 22, 10:17 am, Awori <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there such a thing as an original idea? Can ideas originate from > without?
Is imitation the opposite of your concept of "original idea"? Many ideas are repeated without imitation, e.g., reinventing the wheel. It used to be a joke that the Soviet Union/Russia claimed that many things were invented by its citizens before famous American inventors such as Thomas Edison. Many of those claims were true. Since there is no way of knowing whether something was previously invented by intelligent life on another planet, there is no point on dwelling on the concept of first idea. Instead, you should concentrate on the concept of imitation. For example, look at all the people jumping on the DNA bandwagon in this thread. "As each organism is unique, then all DNA arrangements are original." - Identical twins are not unique in any way related to DNA. Any uniqueness of identical twins should be attributed to environment. Same for organisms that reproduce asexually. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
