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When someone says something has '0% chance', I interpret that as 'less than 0.5%', rounded to 1 significant figure. Taken this way, smt88's estimate seems reas

• 6510 6y ago
  For many thousands of years people argued that everything that can be invented has been invented and everything else had already been considered. Such a mind set can only be sustained by someone severely limited in creativity, inspiration and curiosity. With limited I mean 0%
  • smt88 6y ago
    "Everything has been invented or considered" is not even close to what I said. I literally do it for a living -- I only work on new products. I said that OP does not have a novel business idea for other people's companies that have (collectively) 500,000 people working for them. It's wrong to say that no one will invent anything again. It's also wrong to say that, without deep/insider knowledge of a company, that you are smarter and more creative than 100% of their employees. It's laughably arrogant and/or naive.