There's a phenomenon I've been pointing out for years, which I generally phrase as "In a large enough group, you can invent any Narrative you like and support it forever with stories that aren't technically false," eg in this rant:https://twitter.com/St_Rev/status/843649265863970817 …
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Just discovered that rationalists call this the Chinese Robber Fallacy. https://rationalconspiracy.com/2015/03/08/the-chinese-robber-fallacy/ … See also this Slatestar Codex entry on the problem of cardiologists:http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/09/16/cardiologists-and-chinese-robbers/ …
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