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[theweaselking]

The Galileo Fallacy:

The thinking goes like this:

"Great thinkers throughout history have had unpopular ideas that everyone disagreed with.

"I have an unpopular idea that everyone disagrees with.

"Therefore, I must be a great thinker."

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[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

From that same article I linked:

The Galileo Fallacy is often accompanied by the Gadfly Corollary. It goes something like this

"Great thinkers throughout history have make people upset, angry, irritated, or insulted.

"I make people upset, angry, irritated, or insulted.

"Therefore, I must be a great thinker."