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How does that make any sense? By definition fringe people are going to attract a fringe audience. If he wants more engagement the guests should be more like whe
by fastball 5y ago
How does that make any sense? By definition fringe people are going to attract a fringe audience. If he wants more engagement the guests should be more like when he had Elon Musk on smoking weed.
- CipherThrowaway 5y agoThat's not by definition at all. A view that is fringe in a scientific or medical context can still have strong appeal to a non-scientific and non-medical audience. In Joe's case, platforming fringe views in addition to his regular guests creates a compelling sense among his listeners that they are being given a fair and balanced presentation and the freedom to make up their own minds.
- fastball 5y agoAh gotcha, fringe wrt "experts", not fringe wrt the proles.
- CipherThrowaway 5y agoYes - sorry. Subject matter experts and expert communities do exist, and they evaluate issues in a way that laypeople can not.
- fastball 5y agoI think my point stands regardless – if he is just trying to drive engagement there are clearly better guests to have on than people on the fringes of the medical community.