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First, if you have no formal training there could be something you're missing, so don't get your hopes up too high.

Second, find out "if it is what you think it is."

I wouldn't worry as much about protection until you're further along. Despite what you think, if this is truly revolutionary, you can scream the idea from the rooftops and no one will care. If something is within the expected field, research is all over it, but if it comes out of left field, it's not given a glance.

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That is all well and good, but it doesn't answer either question given the suppositions.

Fair enough but that's because the question contradicts itself.

1) Sharing the information isn't that hard; the internet is amazing that way. Sure most people won't get it, but if it has value, enough people will. But if it's as good as you say, you'll most certainly lose control of it. If the idea helps a lot of people, this is the way you should go.

2) You can stay quiet and when it's done, talk to a lawyer about IP rights. While this ensures you maintain control, it also will slow down the development.

Either way can hurt you or help you (and the idea). In the end, the decision is yours.

Im interested as to where the question contradicts itself(?) In any case, the "perceived noise" question 1 alludes to is precisely the noise coming from the internet; that is, the internet makes it much easier for dabblers from all over to overstate claims. Oddly, it is this same noise that made me come to the internet in search of clever way to announce - an odd duality...