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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar
In a nutshell, this is why I really dislike "thought experiments" on web discussion groups. (Not just this thread - all of them.)
Anyone - anyone at all - can come up with ideas that might possibly work. But does an idea alone have any value? I'd suggest that in the field of modifying cars, no, it doesn't..................
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Nearly EVERY solution starts with an "idea", if that doesn't have a value, then stick to textbooks. Adding "alone" is only stating the obvious.
The fact "everybody" can up with an idea, is a universal motivation individually for everybody to discover the best idea, IMO.
There are many who can only generate an idea, and likely another group that can't discover an idea but can test it, no matter who does what, progress can still be made.
Your stated inability above to see this is, not in a pejorative sense, stunning.