Can you elaborate on why you think that people who sleep in the same bed as the baby are "idiots"?
In most non-western cultures, the mother sleeping in close proximity to the baby is the norm and anything else is considered quite unusual.
In most non-western cultures, the mother sleeping in close proximity to the baby is the norm and anything else is considered quite unusual.
Just because it is or was normal in some cultures, doesn't make it safe or a negligible risk. Ignoring evidence-based guidelines for something like this just because it feels better is perhaps not the best way to go about it — I would say 'idiotic'.
Sleeping in close proximity can be done in other ways, like the co-sleeping cots that one can put next to the parental bed. It's still not necessary or even good for the baby really, but at least it can be done without unduly increasing the risk of child mortality.