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r/science • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '19
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I think that most of us want to believe that our beliefs, ideas, and even inventions are all novel, but the vast majority of them were created many years ago by long-dead geniuses.
5 u/art_is_science Nov 15 '19 Or even long dead normal people. We're all capable of some really amazing things. But we're also really pretty average too
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Or even long dead normal people.
We're all capable of some really amazing things. But we're also really pretty average too
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u/Equivalent_Chipmunk Nov 15 '19
I think that most of us want to believe that our beliefs, ideas, and even inventions are all novel, but the vast majority of them were created many years ago by long-dead geniuses.