New thoughts..are they possible?

[Dag son of Dag]

Just wanted to hear your opinions on this...In Crime and Punishment, this guy (Raskolnikov) argues that only a very, very small part of humanity are capable of thinking new thoughts, and the rest of us are pretty much all alike in the way we think.

[Lord Mhoram]

Apparently this guy thinks he's one of the former.

[Dag son of Dag]

Do you mean Raskolnikov or me? Actually, he`s quite humble..he says that such thoughts have been uttered before.

[Lord Mhoram]

Raskolnikov! Not you!

[duchess of malfi]

Since no two people have exactly the same brains, no two people are going to have exactly the same thoughts. Similar thoughts, maybe, but every person's every thought will be unique in some tiny way.
Just my

[Damelon]

Didn't Raskolnikov try to commit the perfect murder? It's been many years since I read Crime and Punishment.

[duchess of malfi]

Yep, I think you're right...but it's been years for me, too. Haven't read that since college.

[Damelon]

I think I still have a copy of it somewhere around the house. Gives me something to do tomorrow.

[Dag son of Dag]

Yeah, he had studied a lot into crime and the mind of the criminal, and so he thought he could commit a perfect murder. Naturally, he freaked.