I don’t think we should feel the need to comprehensively entertain every idea that is different and sounds silly. For a healthy ideas ecosystem: If you hear a

I don’t think we should feel the need to comprehensively entertain every idea that is different and sounds silly. For a healthy ideas ecosystem: If you hear a new and silly idea, and you don’t have the time or energy or interest to look into it properly, the best thing to do for everyone’s sake is to ignore it. Either address an idea properly, or ignore it. Don’t write a 140-character snarky dismissal of it, don’t attack the personal characteristics of the person holding it, and certainly don’t seek to censor or “cancel” them.