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Sounds like it will probably be a breakout success then. Most things that are wildly successful have "it's not going to work" opposition. Then it's rationaliz

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  The fallacy here is “affirming the consequent”: you are taking a principle (which I'll accept for the sake of argument) of if something is to succeed, then it will have had “it won't work” opposition, observing the presence of the fact described in the “then” clause, and concluding that the “if” clause must be true. But even if the principle is valid, you can only conclude the then clause (conclusion) from the if clause (premise), not the reverse. While most breakout successes may be mocked as impossible, most things mocked as impossible do not turn out to be breakout successes.