For posterity, in case a teenager finds this thread in a googlestorm: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Second-option_bias https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay

For posterity, in case a teenager finds this thread in a googlestorm: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Second-option_bias https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essay:Second-option_bias Some dudes given "secret suppressed knowledge" that is contrarian to a mainstream they feel alienated from will immediately buy in hook line and sinker and become fanatics. Don't be a smooth brain.