if you look at the percentages you're really just scratching the surface of delusions, other mental problems and low intelligence. Not everyone is without mental infirmity or even sane. I've seen estimates as high as 30% of Americans in need of mental counseling. Anywhere between 5-10% being organic problems. Now consider the crossover area with people of low intellect. The bell curve means that there are at least 7% of people with significantly less than average intelligence. You also have a good 20% of the country living in rural areas that could be highly closed off from the events of the real world. This is why I am not surprised that Trump has a steady 35% who love him no matter what. with that 35% all he needs is another few percentage points and by driving a wedge in the middle of the opposition on any topic he becomes unstoppable. It's sad really.

"What I see a lot is that some people will give the same value to a paper written by someone with a Doctorate, as they give to just some made up idea that some conspiracy nut writes."

Micheal Crichton writes in the intro of his book "Airframe" "The information age has given new respectability to the uninformed opinion". Okay, all that's really changed is the revelation that there are a lot of people out there lacking the ability to form a reasonable conclusion...about just about anything. It would be good if more people learned how to think, but I don't see that happening.

I'd like to understand the flat earthers. What's going on that psychologists can unravel.

Hello sausage fingers. Some people are just unteachable and some are like horses with blinkers, neither are worth your breath don't despair it is not anything that you do.

That 20%, I personally think it is higher, have brain damage from all of the fake food & high doses of sugar they consume during pregnancy. Single motherhood results in poor brain development at the most crucial time by requiring mothers to work & not be with the child. Then there is the failed educational system. Add genetic predispositions, "all the cretins are breeding" & there it is. Idiots. Just look who they voted for in 2016 for President. A Putin plant that has performed a quiet coup d'etat.