As an extreme example, you would consider Einstein to be easily manipulated? He was certainly one of the greatest independent thinkers. I think you're talking

As an extreme example, you would consider Einstein to be easily manipulated? He was certainly one of the greatest independent thinkers. I think you're talking about the people that go against the mainstream ideas and authorities. It's very difficult to create an opinion about these people, because they might be right or they might be wrong or might be right/wrong 50% of the time. I cant really tell, and it changes all the time and also depends in which country/society you live. All i can say is, questioning authorities is a good thing. As Einstein said: blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth