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The list of people whose opinions are "really their own" is pretty much limited to feral children and certain philosophers/scientists
by xamuel 7y ago
The list of people whose opinions are "really their own" is pretty much limited to feral children and certain philosophers/scientists
- Dumblydorr 7y agoWhich philosopher scientists did you have in mind? I think Newton and Einstein were fairly independent, though undeniably they needed to stand on the shoulders of giants to make their independent discoveries. Maybe that is a contradiction....
- xamuel 7y agoIn the context of political opinions, I was thinking people like Adam Smith, Karl Marx, etc. But you're right, even those people stood on the shoulders of giants, they didn't just independently get struck by lightning one day and suddenly have ideas in a vacuum. In any case, it's not realistic to expect Joe Smith the Generic Voting Citizen to have to have completely original new opinions on all the hot-button issues.