Quote Originally Posted by stanleywinthrop View Post
Wow, john boyd was actually quoting braveheart in the late 1980's! I didn't know he had that kind of power! Thanks for the clue!

And where did I say he had a 'patent' on the idea?
The point was not that he was ahead of his time because he wasn't -- but that fictional characters and that other guy, the short one, said the same sorts of things. So Ol' john gets a minor attaboy, Class 3, for stating the obvious. Lot of that going around.

You didn't. You just said something I thought slightly silly so I replied in kind.