One should never read into tone. It is virtually impossible to correctly interpret. This is more about content, testing theories that you are skeptical of but

One should never read into tone. It is virtually impossible to correctly interpret. This is more about content, testing theories that you are skeptical of but the scientific method calls for experimentation regardless. If you are not willing to conduct studies on your mental state, you have not validated it. Allowing yourself to have a potentially inconsistent mental state is not logical. Because the face-to-face public have an irrational fear of science, however, one has to be protective of the ideas their face-to-face persona is willing to express. Online communication is where the guard is let down.