Even novel thoughts are rarely original. Every time I come up with an algorithm idea, or a system idea, I'm always checking who has done it before, and I alway

Even novel thoughts are rarely original. Every time I come up with an algorithm idea, or a system idea, I'm always checking who has done it before, and I always find significant prior art. Even for really niche things. I think my name Aeonik Chaos might be one of the only original, never before done things. And even that was just an extension of established linguistic rules.