I think it varies with the merits of the underlying argument! But at the very least we should suppose there’s an irrational presumption toward doom: for whatever reason(s), maybe evopsych or maybe purely memetic, doomy ideas have some kind of selection advantage that’s worth offsetting.
I think it varies with the merits of the underlying argument! But at the very least we should suppose there’s an irrational presumption toward doom: for whatever reason(s), maybe evopsych or maybe purely memetic, doomy ideas have some kind of selection advantage that’s worth offsetting.