Today, we call this fringe science -- but you are absolutely looking at this correctly. However, every generation shifts its perception of where the line is, in regards to the "fringe" of reason.

500 years ago, folks were insane for believing the Earth was round.

200 years ago, folks thought HG Wells was insane in his belief of the fantastical future.

Just wait until D-Wave shows us just how possible that anything truly is...