A GOOD IDEA?

There is no such thing as a good idea. No one has ever had a good idea. That which we call a good idea is actually and always a combination of ideas. Whether it is a new invention, a new law, any new system for doing something, or any other good idea; the good idea actually always constitutes a new system of ideas. A good idea is always a system of ideas, never a single idea.

Why is this distinction important? Simply because to say we have a good idea misleads our way of properly thinking about reality. It misleads us into a false view of reality. Reality comprises systems of ideas, and each system comprises single good ideas which compose the building blocks of each system.

Every single idea is a good idea because it has proven itself useful by itself or as a part of a system of ideas. But we never create single good ideas. They are only available to the mind as drawn from reality. The mind simply always uses available single good ideas to invent good systems of ideas.

But a system of ideas is only a good system if it produces a useful result. If a good system of ideas works to improve our lives or minds in some way, then we say that that was a good idea when actually it was a good system of ideas.

If some invented system does not produce a useful result; that is, does not work, we say that it was a bad idea. Yet there is no such thing as a bad idea either. We really mean that it was a bad system of ideas. But if we carefully examine each single idea that composes bad systems, we will invariably find that each single idea will always, in itself, be a good, true and real idea.

One must be careful though to distinguish real ideas which are basic realities from words which denote bad systems. For example, basic realities are ideas which cannot be further reduced to other ideas such as "red," "hard," "love," ( as an emotion) "justice," ( as a feeling of fairness) and so forth. Basic realities are always useful and real. However, some words simply denote bad systems such as "murder," "ineffectiveness," or "lies," (usually). However, these bad systems, and all others, can always be reduced to useful basic realities.

The conclusion of this evaluation is that the two phrases "a good idea" and "a bad idea" presents a false view of reality. The truth is that every basic reality is a good idea. In addition, all good and bad systems alike always comprise good ideas. This evaluation constitutes a basic view of reality.