Quote Originally Posted by JonWylie View Post
....The easy thing to do would be....
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.