Interestingness may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's neither cynical nor nihilist to observe what usually happens in situations like this and to make predictions about the future based on observations of the past.

Accurate is more important than interesting

It's not cynical nihilism. There's a lot of things I believe in. Just not this.

Many people get this kind of dopamine hit from saying that something is going to happen (similar to the one from telling people you're going to do something). "Twitter is going to fail in 2 weeks" / "Trump will be impeached next month" / "Hunter Biden is going to be jailed". It's traumschadenfreude.

Wishcasting is a kind of interesting, yes, but I think truth seeking is more interesting.