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.
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't.
"The true essence of a story lies not in its plot, but in the emotions it evokes and the truths it reveals."