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This is the problem with a lot of political activists that get into the media . They get famous not because of their well thought out positions but because of t

This is the problem with a lot of political activists that get into the media . They get famous not because of their well thought out positions but because of their charisma. There are way too many people who have a huge following on TV, Twitter or elsewhere who espouse positions that make no sense. They never need to examine their beliefs because they have a lot of followers who affirm them without thinking. There are quite a few stories about people who publicly had a strong opinion about something and quickly changed their view once they got first hand experience with that matter.

trendia 8y ago
> They get famous not because of their well thought out positions but because of their charisma Studies have shown that people trust pundits with gumption, not well-thought out or balanced ideas. Superforecasting, one of my favorite books, discusses this at great depth: the people with the greatest foresight and ability to predict future political events are the least trusted or respected, since they often don't have clear and easily-identifiable positions, but rather make all sorts of caveats and restrictions on their beliefs. This makes their arguments more complicated and less easily broken down during a shouting match on live TV, so viewers don't believe them as much and instead focus on the pundits with the clear, singular, loud opinions instead. Unfortunately, those pundits are often wrong, their opinions lack nuance, and their political forecasts are worthless.