No, they're underrated and undervalued. No one listens to them, no one trusts them and they have less cultural influence than memes and social media influencers

No, they're underrated and undervalued. No one listens to them, no one trusts them and they have less cultural influence than memes and social media influencers. The brainrot has gotten so bad that HN, a forum of what are supposed to be intelligent, educated, technically adept people qualitatively "better than Reddit", will tend towards the anti-science/pro conspiracy interpretation of events more often than not.