People are Gullible

It's amazing how gullible people are. If spoken with authority, people will take almost ANYTHING at face-value. Maybe it's because we want to be efficient: if someone else has done the research, we are free to move on.

We also don't want to be constant-contrarians. But with today's media, it's better to "research twice; comment once (on the truth)", rather than "research once; comment twice (once on the falsehood, and then again when the truth is revealed)".

I guess a healthy bit of skepticism on EVERYTHING you hear, regardless of the "expert", is a good thing.

But people fall into the trap: "I heard it on TV/radio, so it must be true. They wouldn't be allowed to lie on the air for long, if they constantly lied."