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Cool -- never heard of this guy. I have a theory that the vast majority of the greatest human ideas never come to fruition because the people who have them are too fked up to ever implement them, or to even articulate them in an appropriate environment (academic paper, novel/book , whatever).

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This would make sense, society tends to disfavor the different, as the tendency to "do what others do" is so deeply ingrained that anyone different in a less than obviously beneficial way is outcasted.

If you're talking about the "mad genius" types, who struggle to cope with internal conflict, I'd agree as well. Ultimately, the requirement in this context for an "idea coming to fruition" would simply require that the person cares about everyone hearing their theory, or the benefit to the world that might result.

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