I have no idea why this is even an issue. I never, ever ask people to accept what I say on faith or authority even when speaking on my area of expertise.
I also do not ask people to look up things on their own. If I make claims then I have posted links to source material that people can read themselves.
Fuzzy,
1) Like you said before, a lot of it has to do with dealing with uncertainty.
Some works to look for answers, like you, and me.
Some will be open minded and listen to most reasonable arguments.
Some will only listen to optimism.
Some will only listen to pessimism.
Some will only listen to optimism and will attack anyone offering pessimism.
Some will only listen to pessimism and will attack anyone offering optimism.
Some hate optimistic people for personal reasons
Some hate pessimistic people for personal reasons
Some have inferiority complexes...
Some want to dominate others...
Some will even attack a helpful nice doctor because he is saying something they dont want to hear and accusing the doctor of being a fake.
Some are almost as bad as Eagles fans
2) Some have agendas that mostly revolve around attacking the FO.
and you can copy and paste what I wrote for 1)
Use the IGNORE!
WP