When was the last time you had an original thought?

Question

Think of everything you talk about/believe in. How much of it did you come up with on your own? This is not a “holier-than-thou" question. It is said that every story has been written, is that the same for how people think, too? Ever thought has been proclaimed?

Answer 1

Musicians have original thoughts all the time because the number of various combinations of note, harmonies, tempo and rhythm are basically endless. So the last time I had an original thought was the last time I wrote a song. Of course, musical structure had an ENORMOUS impact on it, but it had really never been done before in the entire history of the universe until I wrote it. Amazing really until you realize that a whale, a chimp, a bird, an insect and even a lightening storm can do the same thing.

I think being creative literally so easy a child could do it - society just tries to make us all think it's hard.

Xan Shui,
Philosophic Philanthropist, Honest Man

Answer 2

May 5, 1986

Answer 3

I suppose we can't answer that question, we can't read minds to see if others had the same thought. Though I would like to believe that all humans have atleast one original thought, even if the Bible says it isn't so.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as original thought. Even those who wrote something, saw it somewhere else. If you go way back, you will find only one original thing: Nature

Answer 5

I try to keep my mind free of trendoid clutter, so my last original thought was sometime today. I didn't record the time of it, though.

Answer 6

a week ago in the movies...but the freakish thing was that my brother was thinking about the same idea...

Answer 7

kinda like a falling star, I'm just delighted when i think there is one