Always been fascinated by these. Certainly seems like a possible explanation. It's always hardest to believe about a group of people who one views as more relia

Always been fascinated by these. Certainly seems like a possible explanation. It's always hardest to believe about a group of people who one views as more reliable - I mean diplomats, spies etc...one can't help thinking of them as sceptical and rational - but rationality of course is not always a defence against this kind of delusion. In addition I view Satanic Ritual Abuse as an example of a kind of massively extended verison of the same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse