People hear what they want to believe.

All of our efforts here just work on the fringes of our individual existing mindsets. It takes a great deal of time and reinforcement to change peoples worldview by even 20-30%. Then spend a weekend with a charismatic cornucopian and it'll set you back 3 months...;-)

It's a good thing to have an open mind.... just make sure it's not open at both ends.