Conspiracies, and not believing what you don't want to believe.

I’ve read a version of this article in some capacity for several topics: COVID, the election, systemic racism. It brings up psychological reasons why people hang on to alternative viewpoints in the midst of a deluge of facts.

And its curious that no matter how many times it seems so obvious to understand, these articles never seem to have a solution. Frankly, there is none. Data, discussion, ignoring the noise; that tempers some of the views, even sways some to see things differently. But in the end, how much do you want to take on the challenge of altering someones views, at the cost of your own sanity and energy?