Dude!

[shipperx]

Sometimes you read stuff and want to slam your head into a wall.

From Politico.com (edited to reduce political commentary, because I don't do politics in my LJ): 

"Large minorities of Americans consistently say they hold wildly out-of-the-mainstream views, often specifically discredited beliefs.

For instance:

22 percent believe the government knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance.
23 percent believe they've been in the presence of a ghost.
18 percent believe the sun revolves around the Earth.

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o.O
Never underestimate the number of stupid people inhabiting the planet.

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[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know that the brain can get utterly messed up. The thing which actually frightens me the most is that near the end of my grandfather's life he had gone somewhat senile. It reached the point where someone would have to stay with him overnight every night. One night, I was staying with him and he woke up in the middle of the night absolutely certain that someone had stolen his wallet and searching for it endlessly. (It reached the point that mother always kept one on hand). The reason I mention it, is that I've frequently had times when I wake up in the middle of the night and also feel like I've "lost" something that I then (a number of times) have then gotten out of bed and searched for the iten (sometimes to realize that the item doesn't even really exist). The fact that I have the same behavior in a half-sleeping state that my aged grandfather in dimentia exhibited, actually frightens me.

And, yes, there are lots of weird processes in the brain. Quite often in art/architecture classes we learned that the brain seeks order, and if there isn't order, we'll impose order of our own making on chaos... no matter what complete bullshit we come up with to do so.

And don't get me on astrology. I tend to rant against that one. :)