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Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?”
- late2part 8y agoI was expecting a theme similar to "Destruction and Creation," [1] but instead Asimov describes the perfect recipe in which learned odd people perspire in private, then congeal and adapt in public. Brilliant article. [1] - http://www.goalsys.com/books/documents/DESTRUCTION_AND_CREATION.pdf http://www.goalsys.com/books/documents/DESTRUCTION_AND_CREAT...
- karmakaze 8y agoWhen I was young I thought that 2Pi was a more naturally occurring value than Pi. I didn't really tell people about it. Much later in life, I discovered the Tau movement. I doubt that I was exposed to this before my thought of it. This made me wonder how many truly original thoughts do people have? It's hard for me to think of even one other clear example. Most thoughts/ideas are triggered or build upon others which we are exposed to. The only other large category of original thought is humour. Someone has to be first to make the associations.
- ksaj 8y agoIt might also make you wonder how many profound thoughts don't gain traction. How many times does an event repeat itself before the pattern is accepted as common knowledge worthy of scientific evaluation?