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by momokoko 2016 days ago
The reason for that is because most insightful people do not have an externally visible firm position on most things. There is bias in your experience because the people you see with these highly visible entrenched beliefs are a subset of all people.

A separate subset of people focus more often on the interesting and unique aspects of the issue. They tend to outwardly express their insights about the situation as opposed to their opinions.