Well. It is hard to tell from the perspective of a person who is a consistent contrarian what exactly the consensus / mainstream viewpoint is, or how much it is

Well. It is hard to tell from the perspective of a person who is a consistent contrarian what exactly the consensus / mainstream viewpoint is, or how much it is perceived to have cracks in it. You would have to survey people who aren't writing from a point of extreme skepticism to get a better sense of it.