Is there any idea so stupid that someone wouldn't believe it? If so, what idea is that, pray tell?
My motive for asking the question is not mere cynicism. I have a hunch there is no such thing as an idea so implausible that some charismatic soul couldn't sell it to a number of people as the gospel truth. I think human nature rules out little or nothing in what it will believe under the right circumstances. But I'm not completely sure about that. So, I ask.
I think the current events reports make it very clear that there is no idea so stupid that _somebody_ won't believe it.
ReplyDeleteIt is clear that if it is published in a newspaper or on television, quite a lot of somebodies will believe it, until they are told to believe something else.