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Es obvio que no siempre es así. (it may be also an opinion, but it is introduced as a part of the collective knowledge, so indicative)
There's a narrow collection of adjectives, I think, that allows these "evident truths". But mostly "es + adjective" is used to tell an opinion, so the verb within the opinion is in either subjunctive* or indicative, because you are declaring your opinion, not the fact you're telling your opinion about. When the adjective is nominalized it can be both opinion or a fact that is being declared: Lo malo es que me gritara. [known fact] Lo peor es que me lo dijo a los gritos. [new information] *If you are to use subjunctive, articulate the clause by using the conjunction "que" that glues both parts of the sentence and tells the brain how to parse it.
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Es bueno que vengas Es malo que vayas Es doloroso que haya muerto ![]()
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