Sure, but data isn't an idea. Information is not an idea. Ideas are unproven and are mostly intangible. Do you have any examples of actual, real ideas that wer

Sure, but data isn't an idea. Information is not an idea. Ideas are unproven and are mostly intangible. Do you have any examples of actual, real ideas that were sold or bought as is, at any time in the history of mankind? Any kind of idea that was purchased and turned out to be profitable? If the problem isn't lack of buyers, than why haven't we come across a single person who makes a living purely by selling ideas?