"A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere."~ New York Times, 1936.
Calvin to Hobbes: “Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said, ”I think that I’ll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?”
Thankfully, drinking Unconventional Wisdom isn’t quite so mentally vexxing: “Told you so” and Naysayer are only a mouse click away. So, save your mental energy for the fermentation of revolutionary ideas, raise a glass to your convictions -- You may well be right. (... and start your revolution here.)