If a person believes something their whole life, evidence and facts contrary, can’t change their belief. This has proven true for countless people of many different societies. Whether denying global climate change or believing four leaf clovers bring good luck, many people have an instinctive design that makes them steadfast in their comfortable ungrounded beliefs. I witness this ideology firsthand, due to the fact, that my dad is a devout vitamin supplement consumer. He takes about eight vitamins a day, even when there is absolutely zero scientific or medical basis that has shown vitamin supplements to be beneficial. Furthermore, Doctor Stephen Barrett, co-founder of the National Council Against Health Fraud, states on the medical watchdog
