History is awash with examples of incredible discoveries, inventions and innovations that we take for granted today, but were widely mocked as crazy when they first came to light. Maybe, just maybe, there is future genius hidden in some of these ideas, taken from the subreddit CrazyIdeas.
I mean, who thought that injecting people with a benign form of disease to immunize them was a good idea at first? Or putting wings on a tube and attempting to fly in it? Absolute madness!
What we have here is a list a crackpot ideas that nobody could ever take seriously. Or could they? Some are undoubtedly just stupid and funny, others are actually rather insightful. There is even the odd nugget of genius where you think “hey, that could actually work!”
Scroll down to check out the latest batch of crazy ideas from the internet’s hive mind, and don’t forget to vote for your favourites!
#1
Everytime Congress gives themselves a raise, they have to raise the minimum wage by the same percentage
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478points
#2
If someone is falsely convicted for rape, and later found not guilty and freed, the person who wrongfully testified against them should spend the same time in prison as the wrongfully convicted.
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476points
#3
Siri and Alexia should only work if you say “please” and “thank you”. This could improve people’s manners to each other.
475points
#4
Poaching is only illegal if you use a weapon. If you think you can take a rhino or a lion with your bare hands, go ahead.
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474points
#5
A 'none of the above' option in elections. If that option wins, the election is reheald with all new candidates.
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404points
#6
Everyday, hang the Mona Lisa in a different part of the Louvre. That way people might take the time to look at the other paintings while they search for it.
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396points
#7
A reality show idea with gay men.
11 gay men and 1 straight man are locked in a house. The object for the gay men is to find out who isn't gay. Once a week someone gets outvoted, until 2 are left, or the straight man is out. If the gays manage to outvote him, they win 1 million dollars. If the straight man is among the 2 last people in the house in the end, he wins 1 million dollars.
Now here's the twist: None of the men are actually gay, they just all think they are the one straight man.
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390points
#8
Make Stevie Wonder a judge on 'The Voice' so every audition is a true blind audition.
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372points
#9
Next time the United Airlines CEO has a restaurant reservation, allow him to take his seat, then shortly thereafter tell him he must give up his table for restaurant employees and take a later reservation as he has been involuntarily bumped. Film the fit he has and then call the police.
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357points
#10
A self-driving car made by Google that has an 'I'm feeling lucky' button that would take you to a random location.
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304points
#11
A reality TV show where billionaires try living on minimum wage for at least a month.
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292points
#12
Make all the Anti-Vaxxers live together in one community, make them experience first hand what happens when you lose herd immunity.
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250points
#13
Let's get a team of people in neon green morph suits to break into a news room an harass the weather man. No one at home will have any idea what's happening.
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247points
#14
Allow children with stupidly-spelled common names (Errika, Stephfanie, Mahrsa, etc) to legally change their parents name to whatever they'd like when they turn 18.
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245points
#16
Since Donald Trump apparently has a serious problem distinguishing "fake" news from real news, The Onion should write a satire piece about how great he is and see if they can get him to retweet it.
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238points
#17
Google switches entirely to the metric system (searches, maps, everything) and the world unifies to that standard in under a year.
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237points
#18
Pet stores should have an empty reptile cage labeled "chameleon" to see how long people will stand and look.
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236points
#19
A microwave that goes to YouTube and finds a video the exact length of the time you just typed in and plays it on the microwave door.
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235points
#20
Mandatory training for police: They each visit another precinct as a prisoner, can't tell those cops the truth, they experience the other side of things. Other officers never know who's a cop or perp, and the experience will remind officers that we're all human.
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228points