There are some interesting TED talks on why people end up believing the stuff they do and become completely entrenched in their views, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
This sort of stuff usually starts with the author of such views planting a falsehood which attempts to sow doubt in the established wisdom. From this doubt, they then introduce their own alternative view which is presented as the credible angle. The original evidence is then framed as being misleading or false.
You can see this in the language that HIAG uses. I.e ‘The scientists are lying’ and he even has a motive for why they are lying ‘to keep themselves in a job’
Before you know it, otherwise reasonable thinking people end up swallowing all sorts of nonsense and passing it off as fact.
I also think there’s a social angle to this to, in
as much that some people’s desire to ‘be different’ and ‘not follow the masses’ leads them into placing stock in these falsehoods The desire to say ‘I’ve got some knowledge that you don’t understand’ overrides the actual facts.
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