The Philosopher:

'The Problem of the 21st century

is the problem of the Origins of the Idea.'

The Idea has driven much

of human history-

a major motivator

many taken together are

Articulators;

Ideas compose all Human Dreams.

But ask what is this Idea

and silence ensues;

ask where is it

in the human mind

and we'll get charts of its activity centers

but nothing about what it is

or where it comes from.

The Scientist:

Well, we don't have to know what a thing is

to utilize it.

We can identify behaviors and integrate

them-harness them to purpose.

Philosopher:

 Sure like the Atomic Bomb. It was built because

 we could integrate various disciplines

and make things go bang

without thinking of Consequence.

technical Ideas-too have consequences.

Scientist:

So you would hold up all human progress

until the over-arching Idea comes along

before we act?

Philosopher:

Ah, but note that progress that destroys

the planet is not

progress at all

but only a blind mistake;

one I might add,

that did not have

an Idea or Clue

of what lesser ideas about tinkering

could and might signal or include.

So here my point and drift

good ideas are hard to find;

cleaver ideas

like a bomb

are easier to advance.

Cosmologist:

Well here is my notion-

I hesitate to say Idea-

but there is only a little drift

between you and

the neo-Kantians

who claim Plato's Ideation

may have an empirical base.

I know, 'heavens' such an outcome;

but contemplate

Astronomy's 'Inflation Theory', Quantum Theory;

Cosomology's dark matter and energy,

ideas that every electron

is 'aware' of the charge

of it's matching

opposite charge

and 'reacts' to changes

across all our known universe;

and you will have lot of 'I told you so's'

coming from the ancients.

So if human history has been driven

by Grand Ideas political, social, and scientific,

we have a need know then

what is an Idea and where

does it comes from;

and even if a great new idea

does surface

and is entirely new

how is that an entirely new idea

can be understood and acted upon

by others who did not share in its generation?

If only two people in the world can understand an

Idea, what does that mean for History?

So Idea Generation and Transmission are therefore

of one cloth and shall we say comprehendable

only by Cosmology's  'Inflation'?

Muse:

Well, if all Ideas generate in the mind

and assuming mind has a physical base

in generating mental things,

the assumption, too, must be that

the electrons of the mind are, too,

'popping in and out of the universe

in that same mind

as all Quantum things do.

So are we here

dealing with the ' Mind As Portal'

between multi-existences and universes

and Ideas then are merely transmission

artifacts of that activity?

'Humm, said the Scientist

how would you study that?

Muse:

We are all becoming Poets are we not?

Poets of the Electron Dream.

Poet:

All knowledge comes from dreaming

and math, this is Einstein

but how are dreams possible

is yet

to be answered.

Yet we do dream

and we need to also ask

what is the archeology of these dreams?

'The Muse said

And too,

'who is doing the Dreaming? '

Kant smiles.

 
So, what is the dictionary definition of 'Idea'?
i⋅ de⋅ a

    /aɪ ˈ diə , aɪ ˈ diə / Show Spelled Pronunciation [ahy-dee-uh, ahy-deeuh] Show IPA

–noun

1.     any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.

2.     a thought, conception, or notion: That is an excellent idea.

3.     an impression: He gave me a general idea of how he plans to run the department.

4.     an opinion, view, or belief: His ideas on raising children are certainly strange.

5.     a plan of action; an intention: the idea of becoming an engineer.

6.     a groundless supposition; fantasy.

7.     Philosophy.

a.     a concept developed by the mind.

b.     a conception of what is desirable or ought to be; ideal.

c.     (initial capital letter)      Platonism. Also called form. an archetype or pattern of which the individual objects in any natural class are imperfect copies and from which they derive their being.

d.     Kantianism. idea of pure reason.

8.     Music. a theme, phrase, or figure.

9.     Obsolete.

a.     a likeness.

b.     a mental image.

Origin:

1400–50; < LL < Gk idéā form, pattern, equiv. to ide- (s. of ideîn to see)      + -ā fem. n. ending; r. late ME idee < MF < LL, as above; akin to wit 1

Related forms:

i⋅ de⋅ a⋅ less, adjective

Synonyms:

1,2. Idea, thought, conception, notion refer to a product of mental activity. Idea, although it may refer to thoughts of any degree of seriousness or triviality, is commonly used for mental concepts considered more important or elaborate: We pondered the idea of the fourth dimension. The idea of his arrival frightened me. Thought, which reflects its primary emphasis on the mental process, may denote any concept except the more weighty and elaborate ones: I welcomed his thoughts on the subject. A thought came to him. Conception suggests a thought that seems complete, individual, recent, or somewhat intricate: The architect's conception delighted them. Notion suggests a fleeting, vague, or imperfect thought: a bare notion of how to proceed.4. sentiment, judgment.

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