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Edited on Mon Feb-18-08 11:24 AM by Crisco
And happen to think your point is irrelevant.
I stated the US was built on ideas. This is true.
I stated that for advancement (that is, practical advancement: social, economical, and if we're talking higher education) having and being able to express original ideas was so prized that we set up patents and copyrights. You would argue against that? Really?
Knowing and understanding the underlying classic knowledge was necessary, but my point is that in order to go anywhere, you had / have to be able to jump off from there and carve your own territory. Anything less is a hack.
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