Yes, We DO Think You ARE Stupid

[JCanete]

99. The question remains, why would they if they've been given every reason to believe their current

sources?

Your example is entirely different than mine. There are reasons there are laws about how companies market to you, and what they have to say in that fine print, but there are reasons why its in that fine print using language that is confusing, and why companies target young students with credit cards with no initial payments...etc. They get you before you know better.

I have a friend that railed against the people who got themselves into the housing mess before the collapse, who says they were stupid. She literally said, " thought about getting in but my dad said stay away from that because of.." such and such reasons. I was like, "can you not see how having a dad who has that insight saved your ass?" What if she didn't have him? What if the people you have no reason to distrust give you bad advice...

Your example is of a person having to choose between voices that were prominent in her life and choosing poorly. That is not the same thing at all. Again, if you don't know what truth looks like, how do you distinguish it from the lies? Do you really think it calls out to you like some singing sword of virtue?