> a new idea that is not derivative of something that already exists? Should only take about a minute.
A child is born every 4.4 seconds. But it took me and my girlfriend over 9 months to birth one!
Even if an original idea did show up every minute globally, does not mean that it takes only a minute to come up with the idea.
> it took me and my girlfriend over 9 months to birth one!
By my math you should should have at least 2 in that time, unless one of you wasn't pulling their weight.
I don't get your point, so I am going somewhere else: twins and triplets