> **“when mankind encountereth a fact contradicting its belief it shall bravely reconsidereth the fact”**  
> — william shakespeare  
> *much ado about confirmation biaseth*  
> *peer revieweth hath become personaleth*

harketh horatio

i suffereth from a rare condition

what conditioneth?

i keep thinking people will change their minds when presented with facts

horatio

that soundeth reasonable

preciselyeth

that is the disease

what happeneth instead?

they questioneth the source

then the method

then thy motives

then thy character

then whether facts themselves are elitisteth

and if the evidence remaineth overwhelming?

they posteth a meme

fucketh

yeseth

is there a cure?

occasionally

what is it?

time

humility

personal experience

social permission

and sometimes being proven wrong by something expensiveeth

facts alone do not worketh?

sometimes they do

often they merely arriveeth at the gates of identity and are denied entryeth

horatio stareth

so reason is not in chargeeth?

horatio

thou really must stop assuming someone is in chargeeth

**ah**

**fucketh**