It seemed ridiculous on the face of it, but with time people started to find kernels of insight in the idea. The idea itself has a certain sultry allure. That

It seemed ridiculous on the face of it, but with time people started to find kernels of insight in the idea. The idea itself has a certain sultry allure. That probably helped keep it wedged in the back of the mind long enough to find those kernels, rather than being immediately forgotten.