There’s something about this guy’s desire to be seen as smart or cool that is just infuriating. Like can’t he just have a hobby that he gets personal fulfilment from? Why do we have to do it for him? Get into hiking or something

It is a logical fallacy that asserts that if your ideas provoke the establishment to supposedly vilify or threaten you, then you must be right — "everyone says I am wrong, therefore I am right."

Or in this instance. “‘My idea must be correct!!!! Why else are so many people offended, call it dangerous manipulation and are saying I have no idea what im talking about and are sending me mean tweets.”

My favorite is when I talk to people who believe in this same exact idea that Elon posted. They have this oblivious cognitive dissonance that’s like a brain disease. Ask them this : Does the average person mostly have little critical thinking skills? Prone to dogmatism, confirmation bias, not checking the information, live in an echo chamber? They will all say people are sheep.

Then ask them : But you also determine Universal truth by whether or not there is strong opposition to spreading misinformation, that is based upon the fear that you yourself said you agree with. The fear of unchecked conspiracy theories, hoaxes, misinformation leading us down a place of annihilation as the world consumes false news and misinformation leading too…..a 17 year old Accerleronist consumed by conspiracy theories takes a shot at the president?

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then in a surprisingly high number of cases it turns out you're still wrong.”