Yes and belonging to a like minded group. I am beginning to understand.

Yes. "Their brains are locked". Now that makes sense to me. I must remind myself that folks can have a brain that is locked as you said. A closed mind. Perhaps seeing things from an opposing view is somehow capitulation or surrender. A defeat. Very frustrating for me to accept that characteristic in people. Having been socially isolated in the early years of my life, I just do not understand how people can come to an aberrant conclusion when the facts have been corroborated by numerous ethical sources. I am living perplexed.

@Mooolah My feeling is that when more people speak up with the truth, people who don't think very deeply might start actually considering the truth without evidence too, haha! No argument needed. Sometimes the less that is said the better, especially by people who are considered smart, nice and respectful..

For whatever reason, there are some people I am around who consider me to be smart and nice, and I could tell them anything and they would believe me. I just happen to like the truth.

While I'd like to have hope, I also know how people are set in their ways. I am frequently troubled by how ignorant people are, and having the benefit of study, I'd love to pass on both my knowledge and the remaining questions. Not that many can sustain the focus needed to grasp the wonder and subtleties that surround them. Their brains tire easily. So while I endorse a scientific worldview, I feel hamstrung in searching for examples that people can digest. Even simple explanations elude their minds, or don't mesh with their preconceptions. People are lazy and have ever shorter attention spans. As a species, we're not ready for science. We could know the Universe, but choose bogus gods instead. Religion teaches the anger that people prefer to embrace.