[thisishugo]

> The best and most interesting output of the human mind since > 1790 were not in the arts but in the hard sciences, outside > of the realm of copyright.

This is the most utterly ridiculous claim I have heard in a long time, not least because what constitutes "the best works" of art is entirely subjective.

[bambax]

It can't be both subjective and ridiculous.

If it's subjective then I'm right for the reason that I'm judge and jury.

If it's not then I can be wrong, but you have to make an argument for it, based on some objective criteria.

[thisishugo]

An opinion isn't right or wrong, it just is, no matter how strongly you assert it. And it certainly is open to ridicule: would you take seriously someone claiming, with absolute sincerity, to be the sovereign ruler of the Gumdrop Kingdom?