Is there really a need? Consider the on again, off again "the reality" of the lab leak hypothesis for COVID. Colloquial reality is what matters, and colloquial

Is there really a need? Consider the on again, off again "the reality" of the lab leak hypothesis for COVID. Colloquial reality is what matters, and colloquial reality is what's printed in the newspaper, and then repeated on social media as factual reality, closing the loop. Provided the public is never provided the tools needed to think their way out of this trick, you can fool them indefinitely. Conspiratorial thinking? Consider how frequently you hear "We need more critical thinking!!!", And then consider what initiatives have been floated to solve the problem. Pure incompetence?