OK. That's fair. Even the most "brilliant" epiphanies that I might have had in the past can only be thought of because someone else had an idea that propelled it to that place. But I still think there is such a thing as original thought. Or else, everyone would know everything that everyone else ever knew, in the absolute side of the spectrum.
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Yeah that's an interesting take @littlescribe. Suppose that's why I included this in philosophy becase it is a deep discussion topic.
I agree that I like the idea of "original thought", but as fas as "original content" goes, I think it is overemphasized.