Galileo Wannabe
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Synonyms
- Galileo Gambit
Explanation
You commit this fallacy if you compare yourself to Galileo Galilei or another scientist suppressed by authorities or disbelieved by your peers. This is very popular among pseudoscientists.
Countermeasure
A popular answer is, "they laughed at Galileo, they laughed at Columbus, but they also laughed at Bozo the Clown". Indeed, being "suppressed" is not correlated to being right.
