Comment Re:I hate it when that happens (Score 4, Insightful) 473
Nothing spoils the joy of having an original idea more than discovering it's actually a basic concept of another discipline.
I used to feel that way, but now I don't. I've learned to take some comfort from the fact that if it's already a time-tested and useful idea, I can feel confident that I got it right.
In my own field, there's often as much as a ten year lag before some young upstart grad student comes along and proves that my ideas are bogus, and I hate the suspense.