Let's be honest, if you said something and like EVERYONE came out of the woodwork to say that what you said was wrong, and not just wrong, but evil, and shitty and bigoted... wouldn't you at least have a moment of fucking 'wait a moment...is it me' reflection? Wouldn't you?
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Replying to @MelanieMoore
Yes, but ... you might have that reflection and still be correct. And persist. Like Galileo. Mobs have a tendency to be wrong more often than they're right.
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Replying to @hyc_symas @MelanieMoore
No, "mobs" are in fact right more often than they're wrong, which is why the scenario of the lone genius defying them is so memorable
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Most of the time - almost all of the time - when you're the only one who holds a certain opinion it's because that opinion is really bad
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Replying to @arthur_affect @MelanieMoore
I might have believed that in a world that valued science and education. But we live in 2020 with Republicans in the US.
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Replying to @hyc_symas @MelanieMoore
Trump lost the popular vote
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