Funny

Since people have already commented on this regarding AI, I'll mention something else. That I see this type of thing as a common practice on the western English-speaking internet in general, regardless of subject matter. I say western internet because it's what I'm familiar with and I don't know if it still applies elsewhere.

It goes something like this: Person A says X (X is posited/presumed to be true by Person A's phrasing). Responders nearly all reply as if X is true, without question. As if the important thing is not accuracy of information, but being among the first to be an authoritative commentator on the subject. My hypothesis is that this is mainly a western thing because of the cultural superiority / supremacy view (the idea being that this view is feeding into people's need to appear like they can casually speak with authority on anything at the drop of a hat, no matter what the question is).

Were people prioritizing accuracy instead of rushing to have an authoritative opinion, they may be more apt to pause and go, "Hold on a second, is this person telling the truth? After all, many untrue things are said on the internet. Maybe I should look up what a Monet looks like for reference and compare." The alternative, in other words, is investigation rather than people believing they can "cudgel their brains" to "develop an idea".