There was no assumption that other minds work like mine in this respect. The point I evidently failed to get across was that there are lots of ideas around and

There was no assumption that other minds work like mine in this respect. The point I evidently failed to get across was that there are lots of ideas around and you don't need to generate them yourself. People who like generating ideas generate far more than they can hope to work on and often would love to see others carry them forward.