30-12-2022, 03:45 AM
I don't want to challenge the notion that no innovation comes 'out of the blue'. I am sure that this is supported by plenty of historical evidence.
However, I also suspect that the following two considerations may be valid:
- there is likely to be a grey area where connections of innovative ideas to earlier thoughts may be 'more distant'.
- in case of a historical innovation, evidence of the previous thoughts may no longer be available, or ahs not yet been found.
In any case, my main concern with respect to the discussion is the term "The cipher". We do not even know if there is one, or, if there is a method, it is anything like "a cipher".
However, I also suspect that the following two considerations may be valid:
- there is likely to be a grey area where connections of innovative ideas to earlier thoughts may be 'more distant'.
- in case of a historical innovation, evidence of the previous thoughts may no longer be available, or ahs not yet been found.
In any case, my main concern with respect to the discussion is the term "The cipher". We do not even know if there is one, or, if there is a method, it is anything like "a cipher".