[nercht12]

>> The fact is that our brains have been so incessantly bombarded with propaganda from different places that we start noticing it even when none exists. In other words, Apophenia.

An interesting point. I would say that everyone does have something they want you to believe - even if it's just pure skepticism - That's the point of teaching, after all (or you just find it fun to talk). We are trying to share what we believe is true, even if that belief is that we can't definitively say anything is true. I used to think such a stance as equality for both ends was being open-minded, but to some people (especially those with a firm opinion, be it wrong or right), I came across as promoting what they considered horribly wrong. They think that alot of (um, all of their) ideas are provable, definitive truth, so arguing against that point is - at least to them - "indoctrination" of a different kind.

Funny how that all works out, no?