(in the loving memory of Runaway1956, who succumbed after a long battle to gatewaypundits. May his brain rest in peace, squeaky clean and smoothed over)
because "Doing your own research" is far easier nowadays than building the habit of thinking critically.
Add COVID-anxiety, a chaotic narcissistic Orange clown and compound with the lack of survival problems to solve for the everyday life in a westernized society and (where appropriate) a good dose of American exceptionalism.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 11 2020, @02:00PM
Reality is the one thing not affected by stupidity. I think Ricky Gervais said it best: If we burn all the books today, in 1000 years they can rewrite the science books more or less the same; religious books would all be different.
Maybe I'm an asshole, but if a "person" can't be bothered to figure out what's real, I can't be bothered about their well-being. I'll just pay some dude with a gun to protect/teach me how to use the gun if it comes to that.