>[!abstract] >The fallacy by which online users believe others are stupid for holding two contradictory opinions (and therefore they themselves are smarter), when it reality those opinions are each held by a different group of people, so there is no contradiction to begin with. The fallacy happens when the person treats all others as one [[hive mind]] and not as individuals with differing opinions. ![[IMG_6327.webp]] >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): — >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —