I remember reading this somewhere else and I tend to agree with the confidence thing. Ignorance doesn't get you too far these days. A little bit of brain goes a long way.
Ack...good point. I guess it depends on what it is, like when my coworker tells me about all his conspiracy theories, I say, no thanks, I'd rather not know when or how I'm going to die, when an asteroid is hitting earth, or what radioactive craziness we might have in our water, I'd just like to enjoy it while I can haha