Pretty sure there's some kind of conservation law there somewhere.
Edit: Here you guys go, I searched for:
"Why do people believe in stupid sh*t?"...
This was the first credible result (a few done, below people raging on fad diets, pretty sure none of you have that problem).
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202102/how-can-so-many-people-believe-such-weird-things
Quote:
The even more widespread prevalence of other kinds of beliefs contradicted by evidence
Belief in implausible conspiracy theories is only one manifestation of the tendency of most of us to hold implausible beliefs that are totally contradicted by evidence, driven by many of the same factors listed earlier that contribute to conspiracy thinking.9 A small sampling of the kaleidoscope of such widely prevalent beliefs includes (in no particular order) astrology, numerology, synchronicity, clairvoyance, telepathy and other supposed psychic/paranormal phenomena, UFO abductions, homeopathy, acupuncture/life-energy Qi channels, reflexology, Reiki/energy healing, vaccines causing autism and other anti-vax beliefs, anti-GMO beliefs, climate change denial, creationism, supernatural beliefs in gods, devils, angels, miracles, mystical experiences, spirits/ghosts, afterlife, reincarnation, near-death experiences, and all manner of superstitious and other magical beliefs.
But I'll have you know you are not alone... I have a weird belief (it's not on this list).
I believe timeline convergence is a real phenomena... and residual artifacts sometimes manifest (vherf crowd blames the weed).
As a corollary, I believe in some there's the possibility of a universe where Sinbad is in a psychiatric ward pleading that the genie in that stupid azz 80s movie wasn't him while blaming the alien lizard people, and they simply don't believe him.
Seriously, that stupid azz genie movie is literally the only thing I remember about that guy.