> It's like they went out of their way to spread misinformation. I'm not as on top of modern psychology as I'd like to be, so I'd love to see a formal study on

> It's like they went out of their way to spread misinformation. I'm not as on top of modern psychology as I'd like to be, so I'd love to see a formal study on the subject, but I'm pretty confident that most people's decisions are guided by the belief (subconscious or otherwise) that the end justifies the means. Of course there are also some really stupid people out there. One of my earliest memories is of debating my elementary science teacher, who insisted that NASA had a room with perfect vacuum for gravity free training (her position being that air pressure and gravity were the same thing).