None of us come into this world with knowledge. We accumulate it over the time of our lives. What we learn and understand has been recorded and all we have to do is continue to draw from the knowledge that has preceded us. We add new concepts and proofs as we all continue the human existence but none of us has been able to live life without taking knowledge that has already been established. We all owe our current intellectual condition to those who have passed into death before us. We are amazing that way. We are a progressive species, able to slowly and steadily build from the simple into the complex. No one knows who the next creative mind will be until it happens but rest assured, it will happen. With as many humans as we have on this planet, we have sufficient individuals who will have a perspective unique to creating new paradigms. None of us is a creator unto his or her own. We have all striven to build what we can on the shoulders of those who built upon the shoulders of those before them. For any of us to think that we are, individually, of some greater order than many who have and/or do exist is an egoistic delusion. I am so proud to be a part of this grand reasoned, biological experiment. I am also forthright enough to understand that I have been gifted with knowledge that those before me contemplated and surmised into existence. I am only a link in the chain of life and doing my part without causing to become a demigod is perfectly normal and sufficient for the boundaries of a beautiful and happy life.
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