> Laughably transparent. Yet there will always be some people who buy into it. I've found that a distinction between independent- and conventional-minded is u

> Laughably transparent. Yet there will always be some people who buy into it. I've found that a distinction between independent- and conventional-minded is useful for navigating this sort of thing. It helps immensely to ask oneself, "Why do I think this?" If my answer happens to be some version of, "Because someone told me," then it's worth more independent thought.