[MD] Is the intellectual level individual?

[Gene M]

Platt Holden wrote:
>
> > Is expressing intellectual thought any more individual then expressing a
> > biological desire, or a social conviction?
>
> I would answer, "Yes, of course." Einstein's Theory of Relativity was a
> lot more individual than his feeling hungry or voting for Roosevelt.
> What am I missing?


I can't see any logical reason for The Theory of Relativity to be any more
individual than being hungry. It might be more Important to that individual,
but it strikes me as the same sort of individuality.

All you've come up with here is a gut reaction to what you believe is an
obvious question. I've always found that it's by analyzing the obvious
questions and the answers they entail that we come to the most interesting
ideas.

Yes, is not a satisfying response to me. Why is it any more individualistic?

I'm gonna go ahead and try to answer my own question.
Because everyone gets hungry, and millions of people vote. But only He had
that idea.
However this only seems to apply if it's a New idea. Most of us have plenty
of ideas that are totally un-original. Even ideas that millions of people
have had must still reside on the intellectual level. If the Idea is new for
us, even if it's an old idea, is it less individualistic than something
unheard of?

I guess I only have more questions rather than answers. Anyone else know?

-Gene