Do psychic vampires steal your best ideas to gain fortune?

Question

Have you ever had inspiration for some book or invention, and didn't act upon it. Later you find out that someone wrote the book you wanted to or made the invention that you had sketched out on a napkin? There have been many lawsuits involving people who showed their ideas to famous people and get plagurized.

Mind reading is one thing, but there could be that one percent of the population that is tuned into grabbing all of the best ideas right out of the ether - coincidence or not?

Is the act of thought really a private issue?

Answer 1

Psychic vampires steal your energy not your ideas.

Answer 2

If a "psychic vampire" could do that, they could make their fortune much faster and easier playing poker in the casinos. However, there is no credible evidence that such a thing as a psychic vampire actually exists.

Denie: What are the chances of two great ideas being generated independently and at the same time?  Pretty good actually, since good ideas are usually born of necessity.  Some good examples: Newton and Leibniz both invented calculus completely independently and at nearly the same time, since both realized it was needed to solve some very stubborn physics problems.  The Wright Brothers and Santos-Dumont both developed airplanes at nearly the same time. Etc.

Answer 3

I think others explanations are much more likely.  PsiExplorer had some useful thoughts on the subject.