Saturday 8 September 2012

“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one idea” (Alain).


"having one idea"
http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2012/07/new-business-idea-15-inexpensive-ways-to-test-its-potential-success.html/
Its pretty to have an idea but having one idea is very dangerous. You might get stucked in the middle of the forest and become prey for vultures. Its true that some ideas might suck but there are worth more than having one idea.

As engaging as the article, I am encouraged to focus or be interested in a quote from a biologist named Francis Crick, who is reported to have said:
"The dangerous man is the one who has only one idea, because he will fight and die for it. The way real science goes is that you come up with lots of ideas, and most of them will be wrong."

Francis Crick admit that scientist can come up with lots of ideas with most of them being wrong. Thus having one idea robs people of exploration, it limit them from exploring different alternatives in life. Concurrently, even bad ideas are better than no ideas. At the least they can lead to better ideas, possible great ideas. However, having many useless ideas might be a waste of time because in the end one one idea is useful. Today, time is precious, time is money. Why waste time brainstoming lots of ideas while one is needed? Stick to one idea and make it reality.

You might want to ignore me but I tell you, having one idea is like having one teeth. No matter how painful it is you have no choice but to use it. This is very dangerous considering that people with one idea always fight fiercely for that idea regardless of its merit.



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