"The true-believer syndrome merits study by science. What is it that compels a person, past all reason, to believe the unbelievable. How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after it's exposed in the bright light of day he still clings to it - indeed, clings to it all the harder? No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on a lie." - M. Lamar Keene
Ego, narcissism, may have a lot to do with it, not just the unwillingness to admit you may have been wrong. But even more if you choose to believe mainly just mainstream information, then there is nothing about that which makes you special. " I am someone special, therefore I believe something special. " That being different alone means that you are at the cutting edge, is an equally mistaken view which underlies many others.