i literally fainted from lack of b12 while reading this, too complicated ыыы

edit: anyway, i took my b12 supplements, anyway, i believe this encapsulates a much broader question of how the human mind perceives and adopts foreign ideas and addresses inconsistencies that emerge from contradicting beliefs; i found jonathan haidt's "The Righteous Mind" book shining an interesting light on this issue

tldr of the book: people are scared of foreign stuff, and other people gaslighting their beliefs onto them while appealing to their emotions seems to be the most effective strategy to convince someone

disclaimer: the author is probably a lib, but the psychology component is interesting