Argument From the Arguer Himself
I just read a doom and gloom article here.
It was coauthored by two people, one of whom’s views are no surprise, but the other is\was as mainstream as possible.
Here’s his bio:
“Richard Gale is the Executive Producer of the Progressive Radio Network and a former Senior Research Analyst in the biotechnology and genomic industries.”
No, I haven’t studied this under lab conditions, so I may be under a confirmation bias due to what I usually read. But I sense an accelerating clip of normies going sideways.
Perhaps the very change in such people is a cogent argument for paying them more attention. This doesn’t mean accepting specific claims suddenly far more popular, but reconsidering the opposing view, namely:
- Everything is fine.
- Upbeat economic and cultural forecasts can be trusted.
- No one’s colluding or conspiring.
- The sciences are doing great.
- No major conflicts of interest.
- You can mostly trust the news.
- The various elites and authorities are basically good and goodwilled.
- And so on.
Maybe not!