Sometimes I receive comments on an old post. I put this one up on 12/04/2003.

The question is:

Is there such a thing as an original thought?

The response I received a short while ago was:

"Any attempted original thought is simply a modification of an old one or a new application of and existing one, similarllly an invention is just a modification, addition of, or a compilation of existing stuff. A genuine invention would contain an original thought(s)"

Interesting.