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There's no logical flaw here. An idea can't be fully formed, if it could be more precise and more complete.
by amadeuspagel 2y ago
There's no logical flaw here. An idea can't be fully formed, if it could be more precise and more complete.
- tshaddox 2y agoBut also, if more writing can always make the idea “more complete,” then no one at all (even the people who write) has any “completely complete” ideas.
- bgoated01 2y agoSure, and even ideas that have been written about can be more precise and complete, perhaps by writing more about them, for example, so no one has fully formed ideas by this logic.
- Sharlin 2y agoAnd that’s probably true. I doubt anyone has ever expressed an idea that couldn’t be amended, clarified, or expanded upon in some way.
- mewpmewp2 2y agoDepends on the idea. To me the whole article was too generic or handwavy without giving specific examples of what kind of ideas are actually fully formed and which are not. What is a definition of an idea that is fully formed and that is sufficiently complex enough?