We have a name for this sort of self-proclaimed martyrdom and persecution complex: The Galileo gambit.
1/ http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/03/galileo-gambit.html … https://twitter.com/JamesTodaroMD/status/1291927237231554560 …
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@michaelshermer wrote, “For every Galileo shown the instruments of torture for advocating scientific truth, there are a thousand (or ten thousand) unknowns whose 'truths' never pass scientific muster with other scientists.”#Hydroxychloroquine cultists have reached that level.2 replies 5 retweets 24 likesShow this thread -
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Seriously, dude. When you start invoking the Galileo gambit (or the Semmelweis gambit), you’ve officially reached crank territory, and, scientifically at least, are no longer to be taken seriously. 3/ https://twitter.com/JamesTodaroMD/status/1292118135508803584 …
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Unfortunately, politically and in the media these #hydroxychloriquineworks cultists have political sway, and we have to keep refuting their fantasy-based dangerous disinformation. 4/4
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