Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds

[Aroura]

People are to lazy to look up facts, most of them just pick the narrative that appeals to their way of thinking.

It's a lot more complicated than that.  It's easy to say, oh they just don't want to do it, lazy, stupid, etc, but the fact is it goes against basic human psychology, not just to check facts but to give them a fair hearing.  

It's basically a learned skill, like reading.  People don't chose to read, they must be taught it, though a select few may just pick it up, that isn't how most people learn to read.  If people aren't taught the skills to examine their beliefs critically at a young age, they never even have a chance.  It isn't a choice, or laziness.  It's education (or lack-there-of).