I'm afraid your good efforts are wasted here, JonWylie.
The easiest solution is to believe that ignorance of one's ignorance confirms one's intelligence, which is obviously a false conclusion. So why is that belief so prevalent? I think it's not as prevalent as it seems.
It's tempting to invoke Dunning Kruger here but I've come to a simpler explanation.
Appearing to be ignorant is simply an effective strategy to keep an audience engaged so they keep wasting their time. It's a strategy used in attrition warfare.
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