I'm not sure it's (only) an educated vs uneducated thing. I have a friend who is an anesthesiologist who is a (somewhat) anti-vaxxer, and university professor f

I'm not sure it's (only) an educated vs uneducated thing. I have a friend who is an anesthesiologist who is a (somewhat) anti-vaxxer, and university professor friends (yes, more than one) who are (again, somewhat) conspiracy theorists. Not chemtrail level, but 'yeah but how do we know MH17 wasn't a false flag operation by the Americans' level. (to me, that's already nutjob territory; for others, that's 'healthy scepticism'). In these people, I theorize it's a badge of honor for them to be contrarian, and to be 'independent thinkers'. Which, in the abstract, is a good thing I guess - but where is the line? It's all phrased in a way that there is no 'proof' possible, because there is always an extra layer of 'but that's just what THEY want you to think!'. I was at a (responsibly socially distanced, thank you) bbq yesterday where several highly intelligent, respected professionals were spouting... let's say... things with dubious intellectual justification. But hey, with some in that company being literally antifa t-shirt wearing activists, at least it's entertaining!