Random Thought #4

I firmly believe that the phrase "thinking ouside the box" has become so cliche that actually uttering those words constitutes thinking that is in actuality "within" the box.

With this being the case, to think "outside" the box would in fact mean you're recycling thoughts that have previously been considered. So does this in turn signify that our initial thoughts have no real innate creativity? Or does it mean more than that? Have we instead gotten to the point whereby we're perpetually "outside" the box to begin with? And if this is held to be true, and someone was looking to come up with something original, does this mean that they should actually TRY to think of an unoriginal idea, thereby keeping their thoughts within the construct of things that are "outside" the initial box? This might seem to almost be plausible, but yet, it can't be, for that in turn would mean that we are simultaneously "inside" and "outside" the box at all times, thereby negating the concept of the "box" to begin with...

It's like T2 all over again. If the terminator comes back in time and destroys Skynet, then Skynet never could have created the terminator. But if Skynet never created the terminator, then he wouldn't have been there to destroy Skynet. And so on, and so on...

I think i'm starting to get a headache...