So it appears that a certain Very Eminent Rising Star in Oncology (VERSO) is still dropping snide comments about how countering alt med and antivaccine pseudoscience is a worthless waste of time and too easy to be worth the effort of his massive brain and talents. 1/
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The humble, when confronted with a violent backlash to his criticism of someone or something, will engage in a bit of self-reflection and ask himself: Was this backlash because I was so very, very right, or was it because I was so very insultingly wrong? 6/
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The arrogant, of course, will automatically and instantly conclude that the backlash was because he was so devastatingly correct, with zero self-reflection,. He will often express great satisfaction over the reaction to the point of gloating about it. 7/
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I learned this lesson—eventually. Perhaps VERSO can too one day. He is young. Or, if he learns of this little Twitter thread, he can view it with great satisfaction as one more indication of how very, very brilliant and correct he was. Which will he choose? I fear I know. 8/8
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@cuttlefishpoet for saying it even better than I could have!https://freethoughtblogs.com/cuttlefish/2015/02/17/how-i-know-im-right/ …Show this thread
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