Some sort of lack of critical thinking. My wife teaches a high school class where they examine media, try to determine the motivation behind sources, whats cre

Some sort of lack of critical thinking. My wife teaches a high school class where they examine media, try to determine the motivation behind sources, whats credible etc. Its an elective class but maybe ought to be mandatory. I think people are generally overloaded with information these days and for some reason have a hard time sorting out whats true. Or they rely solely on US TV based news, which really isn't news as much as infotainment. Also I think a common thread with people that go for conspiracy theories is a tendency to see the world in black and white. Everything is either 100% good or 100% bad. If the CDC was wrong about something in February then they're always wrong or theres some deep state plan afoot. A politician that tells some lies, sometimes, is the same as Donald Trump constantly lying. There's no room for nuance.