At 70, and considered by some to be intelligent and well educated.... I still forget from time to time how even grown men like this Reynolds kid are in effect, nothing but ignorant children wholy unaware of the world around them as it unfolds.
Some are just uneducated....too many, uneducatable.
They are destined to go through life ill informed but so proud and certain of themselves. Ben Affleck comes to mind...a mid wit at best... And a rather dull edged one at that. :-)
And usually have a huge soapbox with which to preach their political profundities to us ignorant, misinformed little folks.