Reply #5: What shocks me; that smart co-workers watch that BS religiously

[upi402]

even the non-religious.
Smart people are easy to propagandize. They retain and ingrain deeply, the BS from a seemingly "official" source. Then it's all over. Since they know it, it MUST be true and right.

Because they got praise all their lives for learning things fast and remembering stuff well. So critical thinking is trumped and then any new information that conflicts with what they know, is seen as wrong.