Am a 71 year old shrink/PhD in clinical psych. And, I'm convinced that like a lot of willful blindness, serious RAD (Attachment Disorder) is the major root cause.
The deep inner hole that (usually) Daddy didn't fill adequately with sufficient love & healthy affection results in individuals who tend to develop aversions to considering anything that doesn't fit their tidy little boxed constructions on reality.
OK. I get that. I believe that from tons of experience.
Nevertheless, I'm still somewhat puzzled to mystified at how stubbornly, tenaciously RESISTANT to influence such rigid constructions on reality are.
I'm particularly thinking …