Why are people so willing to believe false proofs/headlines? Clickbait has existed for decades yet I still believe people are as gullible as the first day. Arti

Why are people so willing to believe false proofs/headlines? Clickbait has existed for decades yet I still believe people are as gullible as the first day. Articles like this and from sites like phys.org are great examples of the case in point they regularly get hundreds of upvotes based on completely ridiculous and false promises. Always been fascinating to me how often rhetoric wins over substance on hn.