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"The sources of an idea, finding or concept, become obliterated by incorporation in canonical knowledge, so That only a few are still aware of their parentage" - Robert K. Merton
The incorporation of ideas into established knowledge erases their original sources, leaving only a select few aware of their origins.
Open your eyes and see the knowledge is out there
Encouragement to open one's mind and realize that knowledge exists beyond one's immediate perception.
Feed the cycle, ignore vastness of eternity
Encouragement to perpetuate a cycle of learning and growth, disregarding the vastness of eternity or infinity.
Peel away the layers of lies
Encouragement to uncover and remove layers of falsehoods or deceit.
Culled into versions of ideal
Individuals are selected or chosen into versions of an ideal state.
Stare into the shaded universal truths
Advises to contemplate universal truths that are obscured or hidden.
Inevitable, the course of theory and fact
Recognition of the inevitable path of theories and facts.
The common, the extreme, the Maverick and the sheep
Reference to various personas—common, extreme, rebellious, and conforming.
The objective rat race. Creator is lost, lost in translation
Depicts a competitive pursuit where the creator of an idea is lost amidst the chase, lost in translation.
His efforts left to die!
Suggests that the creator's efforts are abandoned or left to perish.
Though few will remember, few will acknowledge
Not many will recall or acknowledge the obscured origins of ideas.
You have been fooled, you have been tricked
Realization that one has been deceived or manipulated.
Seek the Contributors
Encouragement to seek those who contribute to knowledge.
Illusion of origin
Recognition that the actual origin is often an illusion or misconceived.
Patterns(patterns), thinking(thinking)
Emphasis on the repetition of patterns and entrenched thinking in life.
Ingrained in life
Patterns and thinking deeply ingrained in existence.
Obliterate the reasons for appealing!
Suggests the obliteration of reasons that make something appealing or attractive.
Blindly incorporating, challenge our thinking!
Encouragement to challenge conventional thinking despite blindly adopting new ideas.
Establishment, recognition
Recognition and acknowledgment within established systems.
Continue the forgotten
Continuation of forgotten or neglected aspects.
Accepted into orthodox world view
Ideas accepted into the traditional or conventional worldview.
Hiding sources that build foundation of future
Concealing the original sources that form the groundwork for future development.
Information, acceptance, betrayal
Triad of elements: information, acceptance, and betrayal within the context of knowledge.
Seek the Contributors, their ideas are our reality
Encouragement to seek and acknowledge the creators of ideas, as their concepts shape reality.
Specks of dust floating in their waking dreams!
Metaphorical reference to insignificant elements within the dreams or aspirations of others.
In their waking dreams...
Reiteration of the insignificant presence within the dreams of others.
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