Unless you’re straight up trying to con someone, everyone thinks they know what they’re talking about. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be talking.
There’s a social element to a lot of this. People want to be seen and included, so they try to add what they think they know. And, outside of an academic setting (or a really boneheaded remark that’s easy to refute with a simple Google/Wikipedia search), who bothers to check this shit?
Unless you’re straight up trying to con someone, everyone thinks they know what they’re talking about. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be talking.
There’s a social element to a lot of this. People want to be seen and included, so they try to add what they think they know. And, outside of an academic setting (or a really boneheaded remark that’s easy to refute with a simple Google/Wikipedia search), who bothers to check this shit?