You're just a skeptic! LOL!
Seriously, these loony ideas are far more popular than sensible ideas.
Why that is is a question for mass psychology.
My supposition is that it's more psychically comforting to believe nonsense that reinforces one's own ignorant prejudices than to seriously contemplate the 'otherness' of ancient cultures or of esoteric, math-dependent science.
Three-card monte dealers make a lot more money than their debunkers.
Engineering degrees, advanced BS detectors.
On the other hand, I'm spending some time thinking about TT Brown capacitors. They certainly appear to violate newtons laws of motion (reactionless drives). The problem is the cranks surrounding these things drive off serious inquiry. I'm currently repeating the lab work for grins and to keep myself busy untill the contracting market improves. I am kind of attached to Newtons laws and Maxwells equations. But I love questions with no easy answers.