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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1593912" data-attributes="member: 177">Yes, however, I still disagree.&nbsp; Because nobody is going to pay you for writing down your thougts on paper unless they are deep.&nbsp; To earn the reward, cleverness is not sufficient, true.&nbsp; But it is required.To take this to Psion's example - if you got to a publisher with an idea, he won't listen.&nbsp; If you go tot a publisher with a full manuscrpit, he might listen to you, if that manuscript is sufficently good - meaning that you showed sufficient cleverness in it's writing.The difference, however, at it's root is not in whether we have an idea and an expression of an idea.&nbsp; It's actually a matter of total number and depth of ideas.&nbsp; A simple idea - two lovers cannot be together, and they eventually commit suicide - is not clever enough.&nbsp; It is too simple an idea.&nbsp; Romeo and Juliet however has more meat, and is worthy of consideration.The thing is, the details of the expression of an idea change the idea.&nbsp; How I say a thing is generally as important as what I say, due to the synergies of connotations and style.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1593912, member: 177"] Yes, however, I still disagree. Because nobody is going to pay you for writing down your thougts on paper [i]unless[/i] they are deep. To earn the reward, cleverness is not sufficient, true. But it is required. To take this to Psion's example - if you got to a publisher with an idea, he won't listen. If you go tot a publisher with a full manuscrpit, he [i]might[/i] listen to you, if that manuscript is sufficently good - meaning that you showed sufficient cleverness in it's writing. The difference, however, at it's root is not in whether we have an idea and an expression of an idea. It's actually a matter of total number and depth of ideas. A simple idea - two lovers cannot be together, and they eventually commit suicide - is not clever enough. It is too simple an idea. [i]Romeo and Juliet[/i] however has more meat, and is worthy of consideration. The thing is, the details of the expression of an idea [i]change the idea[/i]. How I say a thing is generally as important as what I say, due to the synergies of connotations and style. [/QUOTE]

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