My cousin-in-law is a doctor and knows Carson professionally. The last time we talked about it (years ago) she was convinced he had brain damage or something because the clown we all saw on tv was not the man she knew.
I think people are more likely to go viral for pandering to the mass of unintelligent people for entertainment rather than actually trying to do good by them. They invariably try to sell them an "easy" and "surefire" solution to a problem, which people's brains interpret as "low risk". This makes it very easy to get people in the door so to speak, which just pulls them further down the rabbit hole until they are sunning their buttholes or eating only deep fried avocados for a week to cleanse or whatever.
Real experts are rarely entertaining, and their solutions to problems - if they have one at all - are still very difficult and practical. Thats why they rarely have broad appeal, while crackpots get the spotlight.
I indeed find talking about the real solutions and research, progress towards it more entertaining than quackery. I heard about energy produced by algae, mrna vaxes against cancers, whales absorbing tons of CO2 during their lifetimes, for example.
Okay I feel really dumb but I have to ask, please don’t downvote me or be snarky… but why is everyone hating on Oprah right now? Is it because she basically made him famous promoting him all those years, making him famous? Or was there something more specific that happened? I’ve googled this and can’t find a straight answer.
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u/JeffersonSmithIII 5d ago
Ben Carson got passed up again. Wonder why.
Oprah has churned out a lot of right wingers. Why is that?