Virtually no idea is too ridiculous to be accepted, even by very intelligent and highly educated people, if it provides a way for them to feel special and important. Some confuse that feeling with idealism.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"The goal of AI should be to augment human intelligence, not replace it."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."