Ah yes, I meant "backfire effect". This pertains to the conclusion (and thus the premise) of the blog post: "Next time you have an idea and it gets rejected,

Ah yes, I meant "backfire effect". This pertains to the conclusion (and thus the premise) of the blog post: "Next time you have an idea and it gets rejected, I want you to think of these emails." The message in my comment is, don't allow yourself to fall pray to the backfire effect when people reject your ideas (whether VC, colleagues, etc.). If people reject your idea, it might mean it's not a very valuable idea, as opposed to being an indication that you're on to something that's so radically new and different, etc.