And who filtered that particular and exceptionally coherent set of “other people’s ideas” out of a vastly larger total set of ideas? Who stated them in (for the most part) clear anti-jargon? I would not even go into the neighborhood of being dismissive of such a feat.
I don’t mean to be dismissive at all—leaving aside original content like the FAI problem, the synthesis that the Sequences represent is a major achievement, and one that contributes to making the clarity of writing possible.
And who filtered that particular and exceptionally coherent set of “other people’s ideas” out of a vastly larger total set of ideas? Who stated them in (for the most part) clear anti-jargon? I would not even go into the neighborhood of being dismissive of such a feat.
Originality is the ultimate strawman.
I don’t mean to be dismissive at all—leaving aside original content like the FAI problem, the synthesis that the Sequences represent is a major achievement, and one that contributes to making the clarity of writing possible.