Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans

Facts are facts and not everyone can handle the truth

I don't get it. There is nothing in the story to support the headline and the video, while humorous and entertaining, doesn't help either. The simple truth is that humans have always resisted new information that conflicts with established "knowledge". Take, for example, the simple fact that everyone thinks they're a good driver, that they know how to avoid accidents. Yet, accidents occur. And when you attempt to show them a better way of driving, they refuse to accept the fact that they even need such information. Even after having an accident, they process the experience substituting facts to fit their preconceived notion. This is why two people who slammed into each other at an intersection will swear on a stack of Bibles that each had the green light. The person who ran the red light will have gone through a process that sounds something like this: "I ran a red light? How could I be so dumb. I couldn't have run a red light, could I? I must not have run a red light. I would never do such a thing. No, I didn't run a red light. That other driver, the idiot, ran a red light!" Good luck getting past that resistance.

SPC Kevin Ford say it isn't so! That can't be right! What's left?