Re: Duplication
Actually, very little of the human brain is redundant. That is a very old idea, and research keeps showing that what we used to think of as filler actually has essential functionality. Makes sense: the brain uses up a lot of the body's resources, and evolution tends not to focus on wasted space.
Ditto the human genome: they are discovering that duplication is an essential component of corrections.
No great artwork is duplication. There is a lot of second-rate art which is uninspired copying, but every piece of great art stands alone. 'The Raft of the Medusa', the Parthenon, Michelangelo's 'Pieta', Brahms' Third Symphony -- these are all mountain peaks, unique and wonderful in their own ways.
The only place I have found identikit wastes-of-space have been middle management. Oh, and marketing copy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
