[mgh2]

Let’s look at the silver lining. People are getting more educated by their own means using the internet. Although hardly as reliable as experts, some data is better than none.

Or put yourself in today’s uneducated’s shoes. If today’s values honour dishonesty and profit making over truth(just look at social media and google results), why would I, as the weak uninformed, trust in the strong, elite expert? It is a distrust in today’s society values, that is the real problem.

[mgh2]

In other words, I don’t care how smart or talented you are if you are going lie and screw me over with it.

[tasty_freeze]

Are they getting informed or misinformed? I can easily find 1000 articles and documentaries that "prove" 9/11 was either a hoax or an inside job. Many of them are well written and tell a compelling story if you have never heard the counter evidence.

Interested in the reality of climate change? You could end up at polar opposite conclusions with plenty of support for your position depending where you search (and what your own personality steers towards believing).