人々がニセ科学を信じる理由として、Michael Shermerが10年ほど前に、こんなことを書いている。Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons. Rarely do any of us sit down before a table of facts, weigh them pro and con, and choose the most logical and rational explanation, regardless of what we previously believed. Most of us, most of the time, come to our beliefs for
