"it's the fact that half this country does not care for fact vs fiction."

I posit that this number is close to 95% worldwide.

People are all the same - impulsive and vulnerable. I've spoken to some perfectly normal immigrants from various parts of the world and have heard some properly batshit insane stuff - any other time we would have assigned them a round-the-clock nurse.

And guess what - it makes zero difference to their life what they believe.

Beliefs need to collide with reality (through decisions, actions etc).