Mainly because people in general aren’t into looking things up, and in the modern era of the Web of Lies it’s not always obvious to everyone what is factual information.
Humans are NOT inherently rational creatures, we have to LEARN and PRACTICE how to be rational and curb our instincts in order for it to be effective. This takes discipline and self-examination.
FEW people live a self-examined life, vanishingly few.
Most people are rather content to go on believing what they’ve always believed and what their families raise them to believe, and are very unpleasant when what they believe is exposed as bullshit.
Mainly because people in general aren’t into looking things up, and in the modern era of the Web of Lies it’s not always obvious to everyone what is factual information.
Humans are NOT inherently rational creatures, we have to LEARN and PRACTICE how to be rational and curb our instincts in order for it to be effective. This takes discipline and self-examination.
FEW people live a self-examined life, vanishingly few.
Most people are rather content to go on believing what they’ve always believed and what their families raise them to believe, and are very unpleasant when what they believe is exposed as bullshit.