Nope, not me… I’m still trying.

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    3 days ago

    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

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