Re: Question of originality

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Posted by Geraint Luff on July 27, 2003 at 11:23:27:

In Reply to: Re: Question of originality posted by The Rumbling God on July 27, 2003 at 07:20:30:

Maybe poems should carry information about the poems they descended from. Then there could be some mechanism for making sure users were given a spread of poems that lacked a recent common anscestor. Just a thought...

--Geraint

: Yes, that is the question.

: original qualities --> success --> spread --> lack of originality

: Q.E.D.

: But perhaps evolutionary success is boring? Example: Too many boring people everywhere, not one cool dinosaur.

: : The danger is that even the GOOD phrases will eventually seem boring because of their repetition. I don't know, though; I still read my favorite poems over and over again.

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: Maybe poems should carry information about the poems they descended from. Then there could be some mechanism for making sure users were given a spread of poems that lacked a recent common anscestor. Just a thought... : --Geraint : : Yes, that is the question. : : original qualities --> success --> spread --> lack of originality : : Q.E.D. : : But perhaps evolutionary success is boring? Example: Too many boring people everywhere, not one cool dinosaur. : : : : The danger is that even the GOOD phrases will eventually seem boring because of their repetition. I don't know, though; I still read my favorite poems over and over again.

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