>> There are a large number of people who like arguing things and debunking. They just need exposure.
"It's cold outside, put a jacket on or you'll catch a cold!"
This isn't debunked yet but it's had plenty exposure over decades at this point.
Some things are just too boring to question so plenty of people continue to put on a jacket to avoid catching the cold, which does nothing, rather than washing their hands before touching their face, which could stop some spread.
Eric S Raymond's all bugs are shallow thing appealed to me but hasn't really worked that way. I think that's a similar story.
I think this premise of exposure always solving radical ideas is likely to be false but it's not without merit because exposure and illumination are such great tools in other cases that are very like this problem.
I think you need exposure and motivators. In the case of things like islamic extremism and think there will be far more people willing to do the debunking legwork than on the topic of catching a cold from the cold.
"It's cold outside, put a jacket on or you'll catch a cold!"
This isn't debunked yet but it's had plenty exposure over decades at this point.
Some things are just too boring to question so plenty of people continue to put on a jacket to avoid catching the cold, which does nothing, rather than washing their hands before touching their face, which could stop some spread.
Eric S Raymond's all bugs are shallow thing appealed to me but hasn't really worked that way. I think that's a similar story.
I think this premise of exposure always solving radical ideas is likely to be false but it's not without merit because exposure and illumination are such great tools in other cases that are very like this problem.