[MD] Patterns

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Arlo previously]
> I guess it means just what it says. "Original thoughts" do not pop out of the
> brain of some Miraculous Lone Individual, but emerge only from
> individuals-in-social-activity. Moreso, the "individual" is herself a
> confluence between an assimilated shared dialogue and the unique experience of
> her as a bounded organism. Even moreso still, of course, we must remember that
> the "self" (if this is what you mean by "individual") is an idea, or rather a
> collection of ideas. 
> 
> [Platt]
> So is that a Yes or a No or a Maybe? 
> 
> [Arlo]
> In the context of my answer, yes, of course. In the context of the "Lone
> Isolated Individual", the answer is no.

Spoken like a true politician. If by "Lone Isolated Individual" you mean no 
other people around, you've invented a giant straw man. But, I'm glad you agree
that individuals like Einstein and Mozart can have original ideas.  



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