[MD] The (Dialogic) Intellectual Level

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:

> So Platt, you're happy with the confirmation that
> 
> "Some individual, once upon a time, may have had an original idea."
> 
> The rest of us are more concerned about the other 99.999% of real life.
> Can you not see the failing in your logic ... that enormous 99.998%
> excluded middle between ..
> 
> An individual had an orginal idea.
> and
> All original ideas, always, come only from individuals.
> 
> The first is trivial, the latter is extremely far-fetched.
> The interesting stuff is reality, in between.
> 
> Ian

So what are you saying? That some original ideas come from individuals and some
from groups? Perhaps you can give me examples of ideas which came from 
groups. Keep in mind what Pirsig said, "Someone has to be first." That goes for
brainstorming and other collaborative efforts. Or perhaps you think ideas just
float up from the brains of the dead, even though Case asserts that anything from
past is uncertain at best. :-)  



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