21-06-2023, 06:02 AM
(20-06-2023, 09:16 PM)Murphyv310 Wrote: Aye it was just a passing thought.
What annoys me is others saying it's their idea when it's blatantly not!
It annoys me too. With the internet, in particular, many people are hoovering up anything worthwhile and claiming rights to them.
In practice though there is very little which is new. With any idea someone somewhere is likely to have thought along the same lines. It's a big part of the function of research to investigate that. It's perhaps also part of the reason why research papers are so formalised, and patents exist.
Tracy
