> Because talking with confidence will go 90% of the way to convincing people that you know what you're talking about.
This combines with the fact that the vast majority of people do not want to get into a confrontation. Consequently, everybody thinks that everybody else agrees.
> It's so effective that when you complain about these charlatans, YOU look like an asshole, even when you are completely factual.
You have to get good at zapping these charlatans with humor and sarcasm. You zap them when they say something obviously wrong and make people snicker at them so that when you genuinely need to oppose them you've already laid the groundwork.
This combines with the fact that the vast majority of people do not want to get into a confrontation. Consequently, everybody thinks that everybody else agrees.
> It's so effective that when you complain about these charlatans, YOU look like an asshole, even when you are completely factual.
You have to get good at zapping these charlatans with humor and sarcasm. You zap them when they say something obviously wrong and make people snicker at them so that when you genuinely need to oppose them you've already laid the groundwork.