Paul Graham on Twitter: "There should be a word for the situation that happens when the responses to a statement are evidence that it's correct. This sounds like it should be a rare edge case, but I've seen it happen dozens of times."

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1. Yannic Kilcher, All You Need‏ @ykilcher 3 Jul 2020
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  Bingo!
  
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1. Byrne Hobart‏ @ByrneHobart 3 Jul 2020
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  It’s very close to “The Dog That Didn’t Bark,” but not quite that.
  
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1. M Harold Page‏ @mharoldpage 3 Jul 2020
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  "Protests too much" or "Kafka Trap"?
  
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1. Nabeel‏ @nabeelqu 3 Jul 2020
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  Sort of like a more generalized Streisand Effect:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect …
  
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1. Timar‏ @sudotimar 3 Jul 2020
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  A uroboros?
  
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1. Albert Kozlowski ‏ @albertkoz 3 Jul 2020
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  Parallel universe?
  
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1. Tom Utting‏ @TomasUtting 3 Jul 2020
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  Do you mean when the intention is to disagree but the evidence they show contradicts that disagreement, or when they are agreeing and unnecessarily (or for clout) showing supporting evidence?
  
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1. Vignesh Ramanujam‏ @vigneshramanuja 3 Jul 2020
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  I believe it's called a foot-in-mouth situation...
  
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