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Willful ignorance has always been an option, and there is no reason to believe there has been significant change in the last millennia with respect to individuals.

Willful ignorance implies knowledge that is available, but disregarded since it isn't desired; and, the knowledge someone holds is not dependent on its validity.

What has changed is the availability of different ways of thinking and the increased number of ways they go unchallenged in public discourse. With the addition of the internet/mass communication, the memes that self reinforce the strongest allow their carriers "know" with more "evidence backed" certainty than ever (albeit with more competing ways to doubt them too).

OP probably revealed it to encourage others to replicate it, given the last paragraph. It might not be the best decision in the long term but in the long term there are other ways to have more than one email address.

surprisingly (or not) , this is rather difficult to do in California. There is a referee that has to validate that the engine swap was completed successfully and without compromising the emissions equipment of the swapped engine. Though not every ref judges on the same scale. There have been reports of some requiring that the gas tank from the donor car be swapped as well (very difficult since the tank usually fills a space in original car that is unlikely to match with the recipient).

I'd like to see a more thorough emissions test be implemented (i.e. more than testing at two speeds, enough to gauge all operating conditions) so that it could be more objective in its process. This would also have the benefit of allowing a way to bypass the restrictive modification exception system.