If one were to argue to someone "The reported facts don't matter. Your own instincts on the matter are wrong. Here's what's really going on. You should believe

If one were to argue to someone "The reported facts don't matter. Your own instincts on the matter are wrong. Here's what's really going on. You should believe me." and they did believe you, that sounds like the setup for a cult. So maybe the people you were talking to had their defenses up in anticipation for that sort of thing (whether or not you took such a tone)? (I like to argue that cognitive dissonance can actually be valuable for this reason) Your claim shatters people's reality. You should make sure to propose some objective rules for the universe that can be used to scrutinize your own claim among other possible explanations.