The title of the post would be more accurate as ‘on hiding the source of ideas’.
Some phases used in the past to let info. consumers know that it wasn’t all just working in the library/hard thinking/research that inspired include:
“altered state of consciousness”
“I had an insight”
“It came to me when (insert acceptable close description - ‘I was in the desert’ is better than ‘off my face at event X’).
The details aren’t really important if you leave some crumbs. Other people will find there own way to their own discoveries/ideas though various means.
If your ideas stand up to scrutiny—to become accepted knowledge—then what triggered them doesn’t matter to the idea. But it would be good if there wasn’t a need to hide some of ourselves so much—an interesting post.
The title of the post would be more accurate as ‘on hiding the source of ideas’.
Some phases used in the past to let info. consumers know that it wasn’t all just working in the library/hard thinking/research that inspired include:
“altered state of consciousness”
“I had an insight”
“It came to me when (insert acceptable close description - ‘I was in the desert’ is better than ‘off my face at event X’).
The details aren’t really important if you leave some crumbs. Other people will find there own way to their own discoveries/ideas though various means.
If your ideas stand up to scrutiny—to become accepted knowledge—then what triggered them doesn’t matter to the idea. But it would be good if there wasn’t a need to hide some of ourselves so much—an interesting post.