One relevant dynamic is the following: if an idea is considered “absurd” to the mainstream, there will be very few people who take the idea seriously yet disagree with it. Social pressure forces polarization: if you’re going to disagree with it, you might as well agree with all your normal friends that the idea is kooky.
Thus it’s especially hard to find good contrarians for a forum that takes several “absurd” positions.
One relevant dynamic is the following: if an idea is considered “absurd” to the mainstream, there will be very few people who take the idea seriously yet disagree with it. Social pressure forces polarization: if you’re going to disagree with it, you might as well agree with all your normal friends that the idea is kooky.
Thus it’s especially hard to find good contrarians for a forum that takes several “absurd” positions.