It is no use people commenting on some thing when they have not done it themselves...
An idea is an idea and a starting point of so many things. While I agree that many doctoral thesis or for that mattter the published papers are nothing but an epsilon on what exists already, your suggestion would mean that we should strip the titles of Abdul kalam, Manmohan Singh, Einstein, Newton, Chanderasekhar, etc., etc. and also deprive you of your AC, fan, lights, markets and not to mention you underwear...
