It's often those two extremes, and I like to claim your parents' type are the smarter ones. The others feel like they are above everybody else; everybody else j

It's often those two extremes, and I like to claim your parents' type are the smarter ones. The others feel like they are above everybody else; everybody else just has unjustified fears because they are stupid and don't understand, and sure while there were enough instances in the past where something turned out to be a really bad idea much later, it never crosses their mind that they could make the same mistake, or any mistake at all. Just being exceedingly smart (according to themselves) makes everything they do and say true, safe and right. It can happen at all levels, not just to "stupid people". It's just that those higher up the education chain can create far more disastrous results.