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The idea exists outside of your knowledge of it. It is not something you own, therefore cannot be stolen from you. You can own a table, but the idea of a tabl
by snarfy 13y ago
The idea exists outside of your knowledge of it. It is not something you own, therefore cannot be stolen from you. You can own a table, but the idea of a table, something flat with legs that stuff can be placed on, exists without you. This is an old idea, going back to Plato.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms
- sliverstorm 13y agoIf we take the phrase my idea was stolen! literally, then yes, yours is the conclusion we would reach. But the sentiment behind the phrase is more like, the other player cheated by cribbing off your notes; they did not have to invest the labor/time/money you did, and that isn't fair.
- frogpelt 13y agoThis is meta. It reminds of something I once read: things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.