It is possible that, at a certain moment, people had fun with his ideas and it is possible that they changed their behavior, but in front of the authorities they became cautious and had to become attached to what was accepted as common sense.
Es posible que muchos de los oyentes en el momento se divirtieran con las ocurrencias y cabe la posibilidad de que cambiaran su conducta, pero frente a la autoridad se retractaron y tuvieron que apegarse a lo que era aceptado por el común.