[ithkuil]

> You have to personally [..]. People often replace one set of superstition with another.

indeed you're right to be suspicious of others, when there are incentives that drive their behaviour in ways that are not necessarily aligned with your best interest (consciously or unconsciously).

but, the sad truth is that you yourself can be victim by all sorts of biases and not even personally investigating stuff will necessarily bring you closer to an objective assessment.

The best you can do is to be critical of your own biases, inasmuch as possible.

It cuts both way: the superstition of the conspiracy is also a thing that clouds the mind.