Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

442

Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week...

Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

Last week I made a post about an idea I wanted to patent. Yesterday and today I am contacted by two new clients who have had the exact same idea and want my help producing a proof of concept. One of them talked about patenting it. I'm going to find out when they had this idea, but if I had to guess, it was probably sometime last week... Just seems too coincidental. What does it mean?

(post is archived)

You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (54).
[–] • 3 pts

But this is weirder because it is two people having the same idea for an invention at the exact same time and then one randomly contacts the other asking for help working on it despite having no connection to each and never having publicly shared the idea

[–] • 3 pts

Yeah, it is probably even more common than you think. The examples I was thinking about where back before the age of the internet or phones. People would have to write messages and it would take weeks for them to arrive.

Now that we live in a very different world I assume this is sort of like the birthday paradox. If you have a particular skill and are thinking about things to do with it you might invent something. Others seeking someone for an idea would search for someone with the skill to do so.. its not as strange as it seems. Especially now that communication world-wide is instant in a lot of cases.

[–] • 0 pt

You both probably saw something online that contributed to this idea.

Sometimes I want to share a jewtube link about something interesting and realize that someone already did a couple minutes ahead of me. It always feels weird.

[–] • 0 pt

You know nothing of divine inspiration!

[–] • 1 pt

I certainly know more than you'll ever do.