Ralph Müller's cartridge: The mind put to the test

Each month, we feature a column by one of the personalities who give us the pleasure of alternating between the two. Youtuber Ralph Müller, a doctoral student in literature at the University of Geneva, delivers his scathing analysis of a typical contemporary phenomenon.

On both the right and the left, more and more of the chatterboxes who tweet about as often as they should refrain from doing so have become news specialists. To such an extent that the news takes the place of their thoughts - in other words, they don't think. They search frantically, sniffing at the bottom of their feed until they find the right story. They have one or two ideas, which they have to defend. Prove it! It's not a project, it's a need. 

The problem of induction is not their main concern. Anything goes, as long as it feeds their hobby. Beatings, messages, pr