I think this is true. It can super charge some bad takes.

But I've had the opposite experience. The average person is never going to read a scientific study, nor invest the time to find out the real details of any topic they are opinionated about other than simply typing a Youtube search and finding a video that is:

- Entertaining - The person has their same biases - the present the information in a short, consumable manner that doesn't require much investment.

In comparison to this dynamic LLMs are wonderful. They can reference scientific data. I have noticed that they do push back on bad takes (very gently) and steer people towards truth.

It's not that I think LLMs are perfect. They are not. But they are infinitely better than the average human at discovering truth.