[Serious mode ON]
People believe in all sorts of things that make no sense, are not supported by any evidence, in fact are discredited by ALL known evidence and so on. There seem to be several reasons for this, one being emotions of course but some other favorites include mental laziness (easier to just grab onto something, anything than invest the time to think about it), group mentality (YEAH, what he said!), pack mentality (if you ain't a-wid me, you must be agin' me), the infamous, and almost impossible to combat 'that is how he / she was raised' and several more. In fact, it seems that by far the greatest amounts of opinions, beliefs, likes / dislikes and so forth are NOT the product of logical thought and development but some other, 'it really does not make any sense' philosophy.
Just as a simple example: (and I am not going to discuss and especially not argue about this BTW), let us consider the general situation of Global Warming. Now most people have a very firm opinion on this, generally hard to one side (it does not exist) or the other side (it is destroying our planet). Fine and well. But how did they reach that conclusion? Well, it seems to be dependent, and exclusively dependent, on which political party they follow. Come again? Yep, it seems most people have joined their 'herd' and simply bellow their agreement with one of the two major political parties in the US. No logic, thought or consideration needed, and worse yet, wanted. So any 'discussion' of this matter is not discussion at all but belligerent support of that person's party, coupled with belittlement of the other persons' party. Simply amazing.
So, some people believe that the Earth is flat? Not really that surprising. In fact, almost surprising that a political party has not embraced this idea with the result being 30% to 40% of the population then believes the Earth is flat, due strictly to political affiliation..... all the while believing it is their own idea, of course.
The scary part of all of this is not that there was a significant portion of the planet under Nazi control at one time as a result of these flaws but that there have been many instances of this kind of social control over the millennia and continents.
So by all means, do re- think your stance on..... people. Just be prepared to shake with terror.
[serious mode OFF]
"Well, I don't care if it rains or freezes,
Long as I have my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through all trials and tribulations,
We will travel every nation,
With my plastic Jesus I'll go far...... "
Brian (got to check my news feeds and see who I love, hate, and what I think about stuff in general.....)
I may have to rethink my stance on Flat-earthers. (Note I'm referring to the people, not the theory)
Up until now, I'd always thought they were just a bunch of 'tongue-in-cheek' contrarians, but apparently some of them actually believe it.
(but I agree that this guy would tell you the moon IS made of cheese if he thought it'd get him some publicity or funding)
(if, of course, the moon isn't just another fake-news conspiracy)
Hmmm.
Jamie