It's probably much less than 20%*, though surveys vary. But even without that, your core point is valid: in general, yes people believe a lot of untrue things.

It's probably much less than 20%*, though surveys vary. But even without that, your core point is valid: in general, yes people believe a lot of untrue things. My mum took all the New Age stuff seriously, so I did too until my early 20s. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#Lizardman's_Constant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#Lizardman's_C...