Do you think people, on average, assume too much before getting all the facts?

. (a) Humans generally cannot even begin to function without relying on a huge raft of assumptions; . (b) Generally speaking, it is impossible to get “… all the facts …”; . (c) People always have, and will continue to, jump to incorrect conclusions on the basis of the limited “ facts “ as they see them, and the assumptions that they make; . There will, of course, always be: bigots; extremists; and deranged nut-cases; who jump to crackpot conclusions about anything and everything they think about, though in some cases I use the term “ think “ at the lowest possible intellectual level. . Thankfully, on average, people are reasonably sensible and do not often jump to completely unfounded, or illogical, conclusions very often ….. . ….. even if they do sometimes divine states of mourning from chicken bones, tea-leaves or frayed ropes ….. . ….. or even if they deduce bizarre stratagems for storing unopened donuts. .

– Best wishes - Majikthise. .

indeed, I believe they do

On average? I think we give people way more credit than they deserve. Most people want to be spoon-fed. In my opinion, most people do NOT want to look under the surface, examine, investigate, think for themselves… look at the world around you. Everything is policy-driven, whether you’re returning bad merchandise to a store or trying to get cable sports channels without having to pay for home and garden channels. No thinking involved, just check paragraph 15, section (a) iii for your answer. If we thought more, and even acted on our thoughts, there would not be as much bureaucracy in this world, taxes would be lower, CEOs would make less, and walmart would not be putting mom and pop shops out of business.

Can’t argue with any of that