The best ideas arise from a passionate interest in commonplace things. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.]
1. What kind of ideas can be identified as "the best"? Do they have different characteristics in different fields, such as science, politics, education, and art?
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in science, the best ideas can be identified as the most innovative ones, and the most subtle ones, with nuances on the surface. in the field of politics, the best ideas can be identified as the most innovative, practical, and wisest ones. in the field of art, the best ideas are also identified as the most innovative, imaginative, aesthetic ones.
2. What is the relationship between "passionate interest" and quality of ideas?
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比如在很多领域,激情的兴趣可以产生有很多创造力的想法,同时还有更多的动力和激情来补充这些想法,但同时只有兴趣可能会忽视了其他方面的问题难以考虑使用性
3. Could a thorough and careful program of investigation be evidence of a "passionate interest"? Note that the claim is not that a passionate interest always gives rise to ideas that are among the best, but that the best ideas always derive from a passionate interest in something.
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一个全面的仔细的想法来自于兴趣,但是还应该有对调查计划的了解,目的,调查原因,背景,调查可能的结果,只有激情的兴趣而容易忽视了全面和仔细,同时兴趣可能用于解决最为关键的问题,而全面和仔细意味着将关键问题同普通问题结合处理好.但是没有兴趣也可以产生全面仔细的想法,只需要认真和仔细和考虑全面.有兴趣也要有其他的方面的辅助才能产生最好的想法
4. Commonplace things -- What is the relationship between interest in "commonplace things" and the best ideas?
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对于普通事物的兴趣可以从日常的生活领域发现别人没有发现的规律和问题和经验,同时将这些知识总结出来或者独立思考,就有可能产生最好的想法.比如科学发展,政治,商业都是同人们的生活相关.但是也有可能最好的想法并不是来自于普通的事物而是来自于其他的已经有所研究的知识.比如知识的进一步深入,哲学或者更高层次的科学
5. How closely connected to commonplace things are the most important ideas?
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6. Are ideas about ordinary things important because they are widely applicable, or are some very abstract ideas important because they express fundamental truths about commonplace things?
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