Most of those who try to undermine inconvenient facts do so by operating entirely on an emotional/ideological level, with no thought apparent at all. Regardless of the conclusion you reach on any particular topic, the tendency to substitute ideology and blind belief for careful, logical thought seems to me to pose a serious threat to any democracy. The first action of most dictators is to remove “intellectuals” who question the prevailing orthodoxy.

The business equivalent is blind adherance to “industry best practice” and conventional management “wisdom” — at least 90% of which is (a) already proven not to work, and (b) a lazy substitute for thinking through the issue for yourself.