No matter how toxic or incorrect it might be, a specific
opinion will quickly adopt pseudoscientific and metaphysical evidence to try and legitimize it, such as phrenology and
personal belief.
Once bigotry or self-loathing permeate a given community, it is only a matter of
time before deep metaphysical significance is assigned to the shape of
human skulls.
-- ContraPoints
definition of Foppington's Law