The feeling of self righteousness that someone gets when they
believe they have won a debate, when in
reality, their opposition didn't want to participate in
conversation.
O'Driscoll, "the earth is flat, I can prove it"
Opposition, **shakes
head and walks away for fear of wasting time trying to explain common sense to someone whose
already advertised that they are out to lunch**
O'Driscoll then feels as though the person had no contest, no debate, no facts, and no backbone to stand up for yourself.
When in
reality, the audience just didn't want to bother educating someone so far behind in sense.
This can also be applied to the situation where someone challenging another person to a fight, is met with reluctance and they attribute it to how strong or intimidating they must be, when in
reality, no one wanted to fight them as it's a barbaric act.
O'Driscoll's law is being so ignorant towards your perception of why you're being avoided, that you attribute
people avoiding you to your intelligence or other positive characteristics.