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human
That mindset is amusing to me. It completely ignores the general public's tendency to cling on fervently to the status quo. Scenario;
>Mr.A claims psychic ability
>people cry bullshit
>scientists give Mr.A tests
>Mr.A passes tests
>scientists assume cheating or fuckery happened
>say tests were inconclusive 
>public cling to 'he cheated' narrative 
>status quo remains
Alternatively, a similar scenario is also fairly common, again to preserve the status quo...
>Mr.B claims superpowers 
>people cry bullshit
>tests are done
>tests are passed
>scientists admit they dunno how he does it
>scientists stumped
>someone somewhere writes an article 'debunking' Mr.B's superpowers 
>article is based on nothing
>just a fantastical opinion on how it 'could' have been faked
>general public hears about debunking article 
>doesn't actually read it
>runs with the 'that's been debunked bro' narrative 
>any mention of Mr.B is met with 'fake & debunked' immediate dismissal 
>status quo remains
People... And I mean the general public, not you /x/phile brainchads, simply do not do the research & just believe whatever the general consensus is. They lock in to that belief and defend it angrily, because it's embarrassing & damaging to the ego for most people to be wrong. Even if you provide them links to the tests, they won't fact check, they just stick with the herd and shout 'fake, debunked, larp, fraud, cheat' etc because it's less harmful to their egos than finding out they're wrong.
gpt
>general public's tendency to cling on fervently to the status quo
lel
human
Those are the survey items btw