I think the sad part is there are people who still fall prey today to this and many other conspiracies, anti-vaxx just to name one. But this is a core tenant o

I think the sad part is there are people who still fall prey today to this and many other conspiracies, anti-vaxx just to name one. But this is a core tenant of freedom of speech and information, so not matter how objectively wrong, I'll defend the teacher's right to say it. There will always be those who fall into fringe ideas regardless of how disprovable they are because they choose to believe the moon is made of cheese. The tool of critical thinking not being applied well can easily end up here.