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[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the Dunning-Kruger effect is very clearly on display with relatively intelligent people parroting the most stupid shit

Very relevant:

https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/why-smart-people-hold-stupid-beliefs

Trans bullshit is a clear example of “Fashionably Irrational Beliefs”, ideological thinking aimed at signalling membership in a tribe rather than truth.