Nope, not me… I’m still trying.

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    A thought that came to you entirely independent of anyone else’s thoughts… something that no one before you has thought or imagined, so that it includes absolutely nothing that’s already familiar to you.

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      3 days ago

      By that definition no human has ever had an “original” thought.

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        3 days ago

        Not true… every thought had to have been thought for a first time by someone, just not by us (it seems).

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          it includes absolutely nothing that’s already familiar to you

          I truly do not believe that any thought exists without context, if you can find any examples I would be happy to be proven wrong.

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            3 days ago

            Well, every single thought had to have been thought a first time by someone, no?

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              2 days ago

              Sure, but by your definition any thought containing any kind of language would not be “original” because it requires familiarity with the language.

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                Now you’re breaking off into something else that fascinates me… symbolism as a highly efficient method of communication. If you test yourself, you’ll find it takes less time for your brain to process symbols than spoken words… and there’s a very short amount of time in there where your brain understands what it’s looking at without the need of any other language other than symbolism.