When i first encountered this site, I was so thrilled because there is a site dedicated to encourage one's creativity and innovativeness. It's just sad that there are some who thinks that they are the only one entitled to share an idea. I think that this site is not for those who are critical in grammar. it is all about the ideas, not the technicalities in the english language. We should all be open to ideas. Remember that in the early centuries, ideas such as flying or travelling to space are silly or incomprehensible. Let us just be open to ideas. I wish that this site will promote or encourage others to suggest ideas, not discourage those who are not well-conversed in the English (or western) language.

I agree that grammar is only incidental to conveying a good idea but the articulate capability to convey an idea is certainly a plus in the process and an indication of general capability. But much more important is a familiarity with current technology in the area under consideration and an understanding of the difficulties involved. A discrete solution to a problem involving known principles is also very helpful. But requesting magical solutions for problems without the required necromancy is merely naive and not useful in crossing new technological frontiers.

Heaven forbid that ideas should ever sound like they belong in the realm of a fiction writer like H.C. Andersen. I'd bet H.G. Wells would even disapprove.

Think you need to lighten up a bit Sand, the type of technologically aware people you want to be sole contributors to this site are probably at the far edge of the intelligence curve,likely in the top one or two percent of the population intelligence wise and there are going to be a lot less people like this in any area of endeavour. There are no bad ideas in brainstorming and most great ideas dont rely on current knowledge or received wisdom but on people who think 'out of the box' or in fantastic or what might be perceived as crazy ways.Radar was invented because someone suggested that radio could be used as a death ray to bring down an aircraft, that person was ridiculed until someone else realised that a death ray would'nt work but it could be used to detect aircraft, the crazy idea caused a good idea to crystalise in someone else's mind.

One does not have to be a genius to observe that some household appliace could be slightly modified to give better or expanded service. Note my latest two contributions about baking and shaving. But if someone requests that a computer should be able to read your mind or that cancer patients should be exterminated in the name of economics, they should back up their speculations with at least a bit of basic background knowledge and comprehension of consequences and personal sensitivities. If you consider average capabilities of common sense to lay only in the top couple of percent of human achievement then humanity is indeed in a precarious position. Of course, the current state of politics in the US may have swayed your perceptions.

One does not have to be a genius to observe that some household appliace could be slightly modified to give better or expanded service. Note my latest two contributions about baking and shaving. But if someone requests that a computer should be able to read your mind or that cancer patients should be exterminated in the name of economics, they should back up their speculations with at least a bit of basic background knowledge and comprehension of consequences and personal sensitivities. If you consider average capabilities of common sense to lay only in the top couple of percent of human achievement then humanity is indeed in a precarious position. Of course, the current state of politics in the US may have swayed your perceptions.

I did not submit my previous comment twice. There is a glitch in the system.

I have not stated that I consider the top one or two percent are the only people who have common sense but rather that they are the ones who develop and implement new technology and always have done.I disagree that you need background knowledge in generating new ideas, its much better to have a childlike state of mind and ask childlike questions which adults have been conditioned not to ask.I Dont know too much about US politics because I live in England.

I agree that naive questions sometimes strike at fundamentals neglected by experts so engrossed in the details of their field that they are led away from primary concepts. But there are probably plenty of well informed people that can phrase their inquiries in potent ways to elucidate interesting ways to attack problems with innovative viewpoints. Being well aware of potentials is not a negative factor and may lead to unusual insights. Especially if knowledge from an assumed irrelevant source is revealed to provide unusual insights. That you live in England and therefore assume that US politics is not worth your interest astounds me, especially considering that the internet provides easy access to information about its disastrous global influence and that your prime minister is such a well domesticated servant of the current US administration.

Case in point: "Kill all cancer patients".

Finally, we have reached an accord that a seemingly crazy idea from an uneducated or childlike individual can cause a really good idea to crystalize in the mind of a well educated and informed specialist in a particular field.I am no big fan of our poodle like prime minister and tend to avoid watching news and political stories as I am starting to see the fnords in them....

cell phones which are highly prevalent everywhere including Africa should have translators with input as well as output devices so that if an individual finds herself as in me in a strange environment it's possible for her to function. another use could be two plug into tv movies that are in a foreign language so as not to have to squint at the subtitles which are often a little strange in themselves depending upon the language skills of the technision. <sp>This is the communication age where we keep finding new technology to make communicating in general more affective than anything I can imagine. but I'm working on it. I like the nano technology too and who knows we may have little chips injected all over our body's each with a given function as in MIND READING and kinesthetic energy to move objects in space. Ive done that with metal coat hangers. but that's another story.In the immediate situation I need a built in spell check for my friends who find written communication with me requires imagination and time.

. . . And, getting back to MIND READING.we have a genome for DNA. When will we have mapped the verbal aspects of the mind to the degree that we have a translater for THOUGHT?

Admittedly some of my notions come from my years as a devoted Trekki. The Enterprise was eqwupped with a verbal translator but only a hybrid psychological counselor could translate thought and even then just as a FEELIng. NOTHING very new there. They did however, introduce cell phones.

Often times an obscure and illogical statement inspires out of the box thinking. The uninformed are simply voicing their own inspirations based upon their historical experiences. I would simply like to see ideas demoted into a subcategory after a certain number of people have responded and given an "I Disagree" rating. The idea will then still be there to inspire but won't waste peoples time by having to read through all of them.