No need to force social distancing rules on me anymore. After seeing hundreds of people wearing masks outside in a park on a sunny day, I am convinced the IQ of my cat exceeds the collective IQ of all of them. I don't even want to be around people anymore. Everybody is nuts.
— Juergen Amft (@jamft) April 10, 2021
Eh, most people don’t really know anything or think deeply about why (or how) anything is the case. They follow the cues of their friends and families, or what they see or hear on the news. Even this, though, they usually misunderstand.
Could humans be smarter and better thinkers? Maybe. But the reality is that right now in general we are not.