This essay, my favorite of those I read last year, has a lot of explanatory power for cases like this: https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/ https://melting

This essay, my favorite of those I read last year, has a lot of explanatory power for cases like this: https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/ https://meltingasphalt.com/crony-beliefs/ TLDR: People (including you and me) will believe false things if it increases or maintains our social status.