Daily Inspiration Quote by Brigitte Boisselier

There is a neat judo move in Boisselier's phrasing: she accepts the insult ("wacko", "out there") only to turn it into evidence of persecution, then crowns herself with the language of reason. The line is built to work in a media ecosystem where notoriety can be reframed as bravery and where being mocked is easily marketed as being misunderstood.

The intent is defensive, but not apologetic. By conceding the label "they" apply, she draws a bright line between an in-group of enlightened believers ("we") and an out-group of smug gatekeepers ("they"). It's a classic outsider script: if the establishment thinks you're crazy, that must mean you're threatening its authority. The subtext is: our ideas are so disruptive that ridicule is the only tool left to our critics.

"Most rational of all" is the tell. It's not a modest claim about evidence; it's a bid for moral and epistemic supremacy. That superlative drains the word "rational" of its scientific grounding and turns it into branding, a way to pre-empt critique by implying critics are driven by fear, dogma, or hypocrisy. In that sense, the quote isn't arguing; it's inoculating.

Context matters because Boisselier is linked to the sort of high-stakes, high-spectacle claims (human cloning, radical biotech promises) that invite public skepticism and ethical panic. When you're selling the future at the edge of plausibility, you don't just need supporters; you need a story about why disbelief is proof you must be right. This line supplies it in one breath.