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@Mr_NutterButter Someone in the arctic had the idea to make igloos, but if applied to an arid country it wouldn't work, doesn't mean it's a bad idea. It just needs to be abstracted out more to see the utility. Instead of an igloo (a hut made of ice), the arid country would make huts out of available materials (clay and wood). Ideas can be abstracted they don't have to be literal. I could have an idea to pick apples and eat them for nourishment, I could suggest this idea to someone in a country that had no apples they would think I was an idiot. But if I abstracted out, and suggested to this appleless countryman to instead pick and eat his own local fruits, that would work. If he had no local fruits (like the inuet) he again, would think I was an idiot. But if I abstracted farther and said to the inuet, harvest nourishing materials from your environment, they would agree it is a valid and applicable idea.

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