True. In the creative writing world, there is this notion that we are all pulling the ideas from our stories in some alternate space where ideas freely flow.

And when we notice how our original idea (and we're sure it's the first) is too similar to another who beat us to publication, yet both parties are sure no one copied anyone... well, it gives credence to the idea that there is an alternate space out there... or maybe we can access each other's ideas on some quantum level.

Speaking of quantum level, it might even be possible altogether.