Lawmaker admits not independently researching lobbyist's claim that ectopic fetuses could be reimplanted in the uterus, blames medical journals

[Scientist]

As it applies here just as well:

Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption

The great Upton Sinclair quote of “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it” was a failed politician talking about voters willful blindness. The modern world seems to be defined by the difficulty of getting politicians to understand truths that conflict with the wishes of lobbyists and military industrial complex. Good luck to the 101 groups. Continually trying to explain that mathematics doesn’t fall under legislative jurisdictio…

Also, for a sense of scale, there are currently about 2.5 million science and engineering publications a year (according to the NSF). If there are only 2 in a 100 years that support an idea, that means either no one gives a shit about the idea or its bullshit.