Those that try to "fit in" might not be the right people to produce revolutionary ideas.
And those who don't already fit in have the least to lose by inviting rejection by being off-the-norm.
Add those two together, you have an intersection of those folks who don't fit in today and have nothing to lose by chasing their dream, choosing to chase their dreams instead of potential social acceptability.
Orthogonal and rational choices, even if those that always did this wasn't being rational.
Those that try to "fit in" might not be the right people to produce revolutionary ideas.
And those who don't already fit in have the least to lose by inviting rejection by being off-the-norm.
Add those two together, you have an intersection of those folks who don't fit in today and have nothing to lose by chasing their dream, choosing to chase their dreams instead of potential social acceptability.
Orthogonal and rational choices, even if those that always did this wasn't being rational.