I think there's a wide gulf between healthy skepticism and mockery or dismissal. It should be totally acceptable (if not laudable) to investigate unpopular or l

I think there's a wide gulf between healthy skepticism and mockery or dismissal. It should be totally acceptable (if not laudable) to investigate unpopular or long-tail ideas. Sure, a lot of them will not amount to anything, but you also have a chance of discovering something totally unexpected.