По этому поводу он сам пишет, почему он так делает, в "256 bloghacks"
«I am not afraid of being wrong. That's what attracts readers and provoke them to think. I am not just saying what I think, but I provoke them to agree or disagree with me. Sometimes I am wrong. But it's better to be wrong than to say nothing. If I think something about something I just say it, strongly taking one side of discussion».
«It's their (the readers) job to find truth in the middle, not mine. My job is to strongly and explicitly defend one side of the argument. They will find another side somewhere else, they'll compare, and they'll draw their own conclusions».