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Convenience could also be a significant factor. Think about it:
a) carefully read hundreds of pages to get up to date on a complicated issue and spend many hours in contemplation,
or,
b) merely appeal to simplistic psychosomatic explanations, the great quasi-magical gap filler in medicine, equivalent to the "god of the gaps" in philosophy, and feel a sense of smug righteousness issuing forth the harsh truth to deluded masses.
a) carefully read hundreds of pages to get up to date on a complicated issue and spend many hours in contemplation,
or,
b) merely appeal to simplistic psychosomatic explanations, the great quasi-magical gap filler in medicine, equivalent to the "god of the gaps" in philosophy, and feel a sense of smug righteousness issuing forth the harsh truth to deluded masses.