On the Intelligiance of Ideas

-Ideas, do they truly indicate the greatness of individual or just the product of luck? Now to take a seemingly pessimistic view of the human mind, we are nothing but a wealth of chemicals, interacting and reacting in very similar ways but to different stimuli. A great idea shows itself when just the right balance of neural pathways and chemical balances are established, when our experiences in life come together to power the light bulb we call an idea. Should we credit these individuals for their genius, or credit their influences for piecing together to form a even greater sum? To some sense of the word we are all in this sense a bit narcissist, a bit to crediting of our own ideas. We often do not create our circumstances; do not measure out every variable and event in our life to equate to this great idea. Of course not, as we do not know the formula for such a great outcome. Our ideas are products of chance and experience, not products of some kind of inner genius finally shown to the world. You can study Plato your whole life, but you may as well never be Plato. Variance in experience in its most base sense is the most important thing in life, because we might not know the ingredients list for world-changing revelations but we can be sure we gather as many materials as we can.