Do great minds think alike? Options

[sweet_devil]

Do great minds really think alike? Where did that quote come from? I mean seriously, when you think about it if great minds really did think alike then how would individual people come up with great inventions? When do great minds think alike and when don't they?

[XoJennaoX]

Two people may have thought of the same idea, but it's the idea that made their minds great. The act of thinking alike doesn't make great minds.

"The act of thinking alike doesn't make great minds." I don't think i said that at all. I was using Mr. Acid's definitions. Two people can have different ideas that make them great, but they can be thinking alike by working towards the same concern.
So your saying just the idea itself makes a mind great? So then what is the point of a great mind if it is not actually used to contribute, would we even know it is great idea in the first place? Don't you think a lot people have great ideas, but fail in the ability to actualize them?

here is the whole quote - “Great minds think alike, fools seldom differ”
I belive the emphasis is placed on the latter, which can really help to define this phrase. The first part states a limit that great minds can ONLY think alike, meaning they NEVER can think the same, this is how it is used in context. "Fools seldom differ" means ONLY fools can have the same ideas, which become redundant and of course pointless to society.

so anyway in conclusion - it is possible for great minds to think alike, but they can never think the same.