"Its insane how much forceful denial there is out there about this situation. Why? What is there to gain by recklessly ignoring facts? No one gets a reward for blindly going down with a sinking ship."
Using the Titanic for the historical lesson, the "gain" is you get a less crowded lifeboat, while the others drown.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
