I think you're mistaking critical thinking and healthy skepticism with 'dooming'. And you may well be confusing 'hopium' with actual hopermectin. There's a reason why the expression 'hopium' rings with and is derived from 'opium'. It's more about the narcotic impact of false or ungrounded news than it is about fact-based, empirically sound and reasoned information.
I think you're mistaking critical thinking and healthy skepticism with 'dooming'. And you may well be confusing 'hopium' with actual hopermectin. There's a reason why the expression 'hopium' rings with and is derived from 'opium'. It's more about the narcotic impact of false or ungrounded news than it is about fact-based, empirically sound and reasoned information.