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"The creator says he came up with the idea when he met a French girl." and just like that he came up with the whole concept of real time language translation, s
by smilbandit 10y ago
"The creator says he came up with the idea when he met a French girl." and just like that he came up with the whole concept of real time language translation, something the world has never even considered before /snark
- Normal_gaussian 10y agoAnnoyingly worded, but probably means "attained the drive for pursuing the idea" instead. If it was a more common realisation that it is not the idea but the drive that is rare then we would have a lot fewer hot air inventors.
- johanneskanybal 10y agoWell that's what makes it funny it's not even that it's just general advancements in this area makes this a very natural thing to pursue.
- e12e 10y agoWell, it might be that the beautiful British girl at that Islington flat-party was busy talking to an alien herself.
- dean 10y agoYeah, this is what I came here to say as well. And while we're at it, I got this great idea that we should cure cancer. The idea came to me when I saw someone sick with cancer. Next stop: patent office.
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- dang 10y agoApplying the Principle of Charity—i.e. choosing to respond to the strongest interpretation of a statement—would have been helpful here. There are multiple interpretations of a phrase like that. Choosing an obviously idiotic one leads to snarky internet comments, something we need less of on HN. Choosing the strongest one might lead you to post nothing or it might trigger a thoughtful response. Either way we get better signal/noise ratio, which is what we're hoping for here. http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html