[pfflier]

We are living in a time of rampant hysteria.

Unfortunately, yes. This is fueled by 24 hr news, where everything is "breaking", "chilling" or "panicked" in the headline.

Also, there is substandard scientific education, in general, in the western world. We are reverting to the dark ages of mysticism to explaining simple physical phenomena.

[SaxxonWoods]

You’ve got the picture. It’s like the Middle Ages with technology.