I can see how if you have studied these designs as closely as you have, the originality and "genius" of some of these famous inventors starts to fade a bit.
A true genius will see the value of someone elses idea and use what is best for the application - someone who always has to be different does not always have the best idea. I learned a long time ago when doing factory work that some of the people that were not considered geniuses came up with the best and easiest ways to do things because they looked at the problem in a different and maybe much simpler way - whenever I saw a better idea I would use it and give full credit to the person no matter what I thought of them.
