How Pseudoscientists Justify Falsehoods

As a physicist, I have a better idea than most of how the fundamental forces of the universe work. I know what forces make apples fall down, and the similarities and differences between those forces and the ones that make magnets stick together. I know why the most likely shape of the Earth, and every other planet, is a sphere. However, there are some people who think that the Earth is flat, or that gravity doesn't exist. They proclaim this as loudly as they can, as though they have some knowledge that others don't. Many people think this makes them more correct, but it doesn't. As the quote which heads this article says, "You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt." While human logic often tells us that the most emphatically argued point is the most correct, it can often be the opposite.

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