# Real life coincidence so rare you doubt anyone would believe your tale **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543 "2026-06-01T18:50:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543/3 "2026-06-01T19:11:57Z")
I don’t think this rises to the example in the OP, but recently I was brought up short here on the boards. We had a thread about what movie we would like to see made [“warts and all”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-good-warts-and-all-subject-matter-for-a-movie/1030355/47), about a public figure. I replied early on, but later intended to come back when I thought of something: I’d really like to see a movie about Red Sox great Ted Williams. He was the best hitter who ever played the game, Marine Corps fighter pilot, expert fisherman, basically the real-life John Wayne. So I go back to the thread to add this and the very first thing I see is _somebody had already posted the exact same idea_. I felt like I had entered the Matrix because the poster said almost precisely what I was thinking, nearly word for word. I had a strange moment where I wondered if I had already written it and forgotten. Which is to say, great minds think alike. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-coincidence-so-rare-you-doubt-anyone-would-believe-your-tale/1030543)._