It's a consequence of that saying .. you know "it's impossible to get a man to believe something if their own well being requires them to believe the opposite"

It's a consequence of that saying .. you know "it's impossible to get a man to believe something if their own well being requires them to believe the opposite" I think it's also just plain un-critical thinking, and ego. "The stats show one thing but I think that clearly cannot be true so I'm going to ignore them"