The denial of well established facts and scientific knowledge/facts is something that we can observe elsewhere in society as well. We see it with conspiracy theorists, with proponents of alternative medicine (like homeopathy, acupuncture, healing, etc), denialists of diverse kind (like holocaust deniers), flat earthers and other denialists. It’s nothing new, the willingness of closedmindedly calling individually held beliefs truths (“it’s my truth”) – or as the trumpists call it, “alternative facts” – is at the core of this phenomenon. They seem remarkably often to be victims of the Dunning-Kruger effect, i.e. to be located at the peak of “mount stupid” on the actual vs. perceived ability curve.
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