Weirdness is incredibly important. If people weren’t willing to deviate from society and hold weird beliefs, we wouldn’t have had the important social movements that ended slavery and pushed back against racism, that created democracy, that expanded social roles for women, and that made the world a better place in numerous other ways.
Also, I think you under-state your argument here. Yes, many good changes were once weird ideas. But that’s also true for many bad ideas! All progress is change but not all change is progress.
Also, I think you under-state your argument here. Yes, many good changes were once weird ideas. But that’s also true for many bad ideas! All progress is change but not all change is progress.