The truth is, we'll never really know whether our thoughts are original or not. Unless we can know the thoughts of every single human being (believe me, John Ashcroft is trying) we can never know if our thoughts are original. Published thoughts might be original, and I guess are still possible. But to actually know is unknowable, I think.
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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
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