Subject	There are very few novel ideas anywhere in life. Most of
Posted by	Ash's Z on September 04, 2005 at 7:42 PM
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In Reply To	you dont get out much do you? posted by dogpile on September 03, 2005 at 09:11 PM
Message	them are just regirgitations of already existing technologies that have slight variations implemented into them of which may or may not be beneficial to the original idea. The evolution of technology is a very strange thing - many people have tried to apply theories of the natural processes, but none of them have come to prove themselves as actual realities. Every so often something completely new and profoundly revolutionary comes along that changes everything and no one predicted it, not even the "inventor". New things are usually by "happy accident", or a mistake somewhere along the way that reveals a new understanding of which would have not have occurred if the "mistake" didn't occur. These "happy accidents" do not come about completely by chance though - they occur during a process of research. The best thing we can do is research - in so many cases of "re-doing" things that others have done before, the original idea is improved upon in some way or another and if you are really lucky, you'll accidentally stumble across something revolutionary. As an example of the former, the US pretty much holds the "invention" of the automobile - at least on a full production scale, however, the Japanese have done it 10X better. As an example of the latter, Alexander Fleming's legendary accidental observation of the bactericidal effect of penicillin is a famous scientific example of the process of happy accident. When looking at new developments, people at some level are also looking for an inspiration within themselves. The unfortunate reality to it is much like that of a magic show - there are very few new "novel" ideas that are revolutionary - most of them are simply improvements on existing ideas which are usually easy to grasp due to this fact and once understood, most people slap their foreheads and say "why didn't I think of that - it's so simple!" Sometimes this lets people down I suppose, but in the end, I believe, it is the natural process that also got us ever so slowly out of the caves. At least, it works for me. :) [ ashspecz.com ] [ agpowers@bellsouth.net ] Enthusiasts soon understand each other. --W. Irving. Are you an enthusiast? If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Albert Einstein
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