Deeper Layer: Observance, Culture, and the Spirit of the Time

That metaphor? Yeah, even I had to discover it through my own creative process.
Which is kind of the point.

I don’t pretend every idea I’ve ever shared was born in a vacuum inside my skull. That’s not how thought works.
I learn by engaging, with people, systems, texts, and yes, even AI. The tool sharpens my process, but the experiences, choices, and synthesis? That’s all mine.

So here’s an honest question back:
Where do you believe thought comes from, epistemologically?
If it only counts when it’s “out of your head,” does that mean we have to ignore all the knowledge we internalize, all the influence we absorb, all the reflections shaped by community, trauma, memory, curiosity?

Because that’s a bold claim.
And if you can answer it clearly, without falling into the same influence loops you’re accusing me of, you’ll be the first person I’ve ever met who’s done it.

So before you accuse someone of intellectual dishonesty, maybe interrogate what your definition of “intellectual honesty” even is.

What exactly about what I said feels dishonest to you? Is it that I used a tool? That I structured my ideas too well?
Or is it that what I said landed, and you weren’t expecting it to?