There’s a certain attraction to counter-mainstream views of course—the idea of being part of a secret smart club—but it’s a massive red flag when someone starts to define themselves and their views substantially in terms of that opposition.

Interesting counter-mainstream ideas are important and valuable - but I don’t hear about any of them from Hossenfelder’s writing, and it’s all about how broken “the system” is. Everything I watch or read from her leaves me deeply suspicious.