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I don't think any radical idea was ever good.

What? Something that seems radical today is the norm of tomorrow.

Columbus looking for new trade routes was radical, but good. Ending world hunger is a pretty radical idea, but it will be good. Being an entrepreneur is radical.

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"Columbus looking for new trade routes was radical, but good." - got a lot of ancestors on my father's side who would disagree.

Genocide of the native population wasn't the initial thought I had in mind.

I figured (should have added the smiley) - the naming he chose really is a (lesser) pain, too.

Although, how radical the idea was pretty dependent on the lost knowledge of Eratosthenes and the black plague cutting off the Mongol lands.

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