I didn't say developing an existing idea was easy, I just said it wasn't entirely original; that all ideas are the result of breeding between existing ideas is no measure of how hard are to develop!
Not so. Having an idea isn't easy. Relativity was "just" an idea long before there was any practical application of it, and it was "just an idea" that took a lot of work. It's simply not true that ideas are easy but…
The other thing is that these kinds of "misunderstood heroic ignored genius" tales are complete bollocks. In reality there was always an existing idea out there before these "revolutionary innovations". For example,…
10MB vs ~4GB for LaTeX ? a) how much of LaTeX functionality does SILE cover and b) why is LaTeX so heavy ?
I didn't say developing an existing idea was easy, I just said it wasn't entirely original; that all ideas are the result of breeding between existing ideas is no measure of how hard are to develop!
Not so. Having an idea isn't easy. Relativity was "just" an idea long before there was any practical application of it, and it was "just an idea" that took a lot of work. It's simply not true that ideas are easy but…
The other thing is that these kinds of "misunderstood heroic ignored genius" tales are complete bollocks. In reality there was always an existing idea out there before these "revolutionary innovations". For example,…
10MB vs ~4GB for LaTeX ? a) how much of LaTeX functionality does SILE cover and b) why is LaTeX so heavy ?