What is an idea. Listen to the word. IDEA.

What is an idea. Listen to the word. IDEA.

Listen to it?

Listen to it?

You are an idiot and you are missing the whole point. Then again I don't expect anyone on this forum to really understand anything beyond their comprehension.

I certainly dont understnd it.

What is an idea. Listen to the word. IDEA.

Is IDEA related to IKEA?? Second cousins once removed perhaps? :shrug:
IKEA sells lamps, which would be great for IDEA light bulbs

Then again I don't expect anyone on this forum to really understand anything beyond their comprehension.

It's hard for anybody to understand something beyond their comprehension, by definition.

What is an idea.
You want it explaining to you because you've never had one?
That fits...

It's hard for anybody to understand something beyond their comprehension, by definition.

"By definition", I could not have said it better myself.

You want it explaining to you because you've never had one?
That fits...

Easy with the insults, we don't want you to burn out your only nerve in your brain that still functions properly.

Yes you would think that.
What's your excuse?
Still can't explain what (if anything) the point of the OP, was I see.

"By definition", I could not have said it better myself.

Given that, would you care to expand upon the OP -ND- ?

"By definition", I could not have said it better myself.

ok then, how exactly does a person understand that which is beyond his comprehension?

as to the OP: sure, idea. it's etymological roots can be traced the indo-european weid--to see. the greek eidon, "see," and oida, "know." and then we also get witness (from weid)--wit and wise. so lot's of "seeing" going on there.

so "idea" implies both "seeing" and "knowing," and obviously we are not "seeing" anything (well, the idea may come to oneself as an image, but...), but we get one of our many metaphors for such concepts as knowing and understanding. and a light bulb is an apt metaphor for "illuminating" something--making it visible, so that we can understand it. but what of it?

and then you say, "listen to the word. IDEA." no problem there. i'm confident that all of these terms were uttered prior to having been written down. (though the germans have a propensity for fashioning words which first "see the light of day" on page, before anyone deigns to utter them; but still, the roots which make up the terms are undoubtedly familiar.) but is there supposed to be something onomatopoiec about it? or are we supposed to be thinking in poietic terms?

i'm just not sure where you're going with this.

Is IDEA related to IKEA?? Second cousins once removed perhaps? :shrug:
IKEA sells lamps, which would be great for IDEA light bulbs

yes, but those ikea lamps tend to be pretty shoddily constructed--at least the ones i've had were. not very good if we're trying to convey a good idea.

ok then, how exactly does a person understand that which is beyond his comprehension?

as to the OP: sure, idea. it's etymological roots can be traced the indo-european weid--to see. the greek eidon, "see," and oida, "know." and then we also get witness (from weid)--wit and wise. so lot's of "seeing" going on there.

so "idea" implies both "seeing" and "knowing," and obviously we are not "seeing" anything (well, the idea may come to oneself as an image, but...), but we get one of our many metaphors for such concepts as knowing and understanding. and a light bulb is an apt metaphor for "illuminating" something--making it visible, so that we can understand it. but what of it?

and then you say, "listen to the word. IDEA." no problem there. i'm confident that all of these terms were uttered prior to having been written down. (though the germans have a propensity for fashioning words which first "see the light of day" on page, before anyone deigns to utter them; but still, the roots which make up the terms are undoubtedly familiar.) but is there supposed to be something onomatopoiec about it? or are we supposed to be thinking in poietic terms?

i'm just not sure where you're going with this.


Nope, there is nothing else. You covered everything. Thank you.