[appstorelottery]

I think we’re still talking past each other. I’m not arguing that any specific idea is good.

My point is just that public acceptance itself isn’t reliable evidence either way: ideas can gain support (or fail) for reasons other than their actual merit.

[amarant]

That's true. The inversion of the quote is that good ideas require lies to lose public acceptance.

Well, there's a lot of lies flying around lately. So it happens.