Carl Sagan was very wise. I find his insights thought provoking and salient. However, the cynic in me is sad that the default of human nature is to be gullible

Carl Sagan was very wise. I find his insights thought provoking and salient. However, the cynic in me is sad that the default of human nature is to be gullible, tribal, delegate fact checking to authority figures, and prone to confirmation bias. I would love to become better at rational thought and discernment. But, I feel that I (and frankly, 95% of the people on this site) are already better than the vast majority of people out there in this regard. In other words, these messages are preaching to the choir. I’m not sure what media or messenger could bring these (or similar) lessons to the masses, or whether they could have an enduring impact. The optimist in me hopes that this will be possible some day.