Conclusions

"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."--Carl Sagan

The older and more experienced I get, the more convinced I become that a very large percentage of people in this world prefer to form arbitrary conclusions about the world around them, based on what goes on inside their own heads, and then attempt to shoehorn the world into their conclusions, as opposed to carefully observing the world first and then basing their conclusions off of the reality that's happening in front of them.

I think that may explain why, as a whole, we can never seem to learn anything.