"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us."
-- Carl Sagan, who died #OTD 1996
-- Carl Sagan, who died #OTD 1996
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If they get bamboozled before they learn the ways of logic, the bamboozlement gets rationalized and they become cults.
Those bamboozled AFTER all of their exposure to hard science are less affected.
"It's easier to fool a man than to convince him he's been fooled."
Also..
"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot."