All your points valid friend, however I made no reference to good or bad just "a start"

it is still a start, and everyone starts somewhere.

But it begs to question, are bad starts better than no starts at all ?

I've listened to and or read AJ since the early 2000s when few were "going there".

And what is even more concerning to me, Mike Adams who being a food nutritionist, having read and reference his stuff about GMOs and glyphosates for at least 15 years.

In both cases the bulk of their information has proven to be useful, and more importantly a spring board to dig deeper (hence the clift notes).

Is there a preferred pedigree of intellectual evolution, perhaps, but lots of us mutts and mongrels happily coexist out here as well. I for one believe there may be many paths to the summit's plateau.

The emotional manipulation aspect is disturbing, and a useful marketing tool at the same time. No one can argue they are not playing the audience, the only question, to what end?

I do chuckle when I see the "trigger warnings" applied to AJs or Adams links, are we too so fragile we need our "safe spaces" ?

Without question you have presented compelling considerations for all to ponder, thank you.