Because people feel the need to be correct and will try to defend their opinions at all costs instead of considering all the information.
Or expose people for their poor behavior. This missus here for example. Prefacing statements with "I'm not a climate scientist, but ..." promotes an idea of "ignorance is strength". And "I find the omission interesting" is implying criticism instead of expressing it to allow backtracking later. nostr:nevent1qqsgc8kk5z8ayywfvzjemlrvzyq8fv0wa49vdvg6y83xuvq5vky5wsgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsyg82krn4d5etsz7dge8nmpztspqrqvr45yl2hs6enfmzexk84wglfupsgqqqqqqsxxd222