The question is considered ludicrous by many scholars.
The notion that Mr. Gore might end up winning the election, and the nation might coalesce behind him, was considered ludicrous on the Limbaugh program on Friday afternoon.
And that's got to provide some comfort to participants in this weekend's New York City Triathlon and the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, a circuit once considered ludicrous and dangerous.
Their money spawned academic proposals, some of which, like privatized Social Security or missile defense, were so far beyond the mainstream of their time as to be considered ludicrous.
Formats, applications, and services pass by the wayside, having grown, bloomed, and withered at a speed which some years ago would be considered ludicrous.
Expecting someone to pay five-hundred-and-ninety-nine-U.S.-dollars was (rightly) considered ludicrous, but the ability to play the entire PS2 library on the system somewhat lessened the blow.
Although these answers might appear obvious today, they were considered ludicrous only a few years ago.
Force-feeding prescription drugs to healthy people, just to make them grow faster, would be considered ludicrous by any doctor.
I do some things that would be considered ludicrous around a certain group of my friends that others don't even pause when I mention.
The excuses that they "feared for their lives" when the person was running away from them or was on the ground face down in handcuffs or saying that the Black victim was "reaching for a gun" when they had both hands up should be considered ludicrous and unacceptable defenses.
Consider the ludicrous ideology that made it possible: The Catholic Church has spent two millennia demonizing human sexuality to a degree unmatched by any other institution, declaring the most basic, healthy, mature, and consensual behaviors taboo.
