re: #180 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Famous George Carlin quote: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and remember that half of them are stupider than that”.

Now, imagine system in which the stupid half control a majority of the electoral vote.

I’ve often wondered whether there’s a correlation between hardcore religious belief and susceptibility to misinformation or outright disinformation; it would seem to me that people who are particularly hardcore in their beliefs are basically primed to believe in almost anything (as long as it fits their general worldview) despite the most overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It would explain why so many of those folks so easily fall for conspiracy theories.

Mind you, I’m not talking about your average person who maybe goes to church on Easter or Christmas or for a wedding ceremony - I’m talking about those individuals who are essentially borderline fanatics about their beliefs.

Of course, it’s not just religious beliefs….indeed, fanaticism has been seen in more secular matters.