Diogenes of Snarkadia: Every creationist and anti-vaxer argues 1. Galileo had great new ideas that authorities rejected, THEREFORE 2. Every one whose claims are rejected by scientific authorities is a Galileo, THEREFORE 3. I am the new Galileo

Lots of confusion between “every great new technology was initially resisted” and “every technology that is initially resisted will be great.”

Every creationist and anti-vaxer argues 1. Galileo had great new ideas that authorities rejected, THEREFORE 2. Every one whose claims are rejected by scientific authorities is a Galileo, THEREFORE 3. I am the new Galileo

They always leave out the "you must also be right" part.

I visited the Creationist Museum in Kentucky in my mid 20s as a joke. This one dumb bitch talked about how "Pastor Dave" wouldn't agree with their hypothesis that Jesus rode dinosaurs like horses 6,000 years ago. They're robots with no thoughts of their own.

The Ark Encounter in Kentucky? That's the big one. There's a separate Creation Museum in Texas run by different people that's even more rinky dink.

Sorry but the guy with the amazing ideas often credited to Galileo is Copernicus.

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