Not Exactly The State Of Things

"At what point can you blame the believer for being foolish, versus the scam artist (perhaps a true believer as well) who started this? If people don’t know enough to know they don’t know enough, then it’s hard to assign blame to them. The fault lies in the system, which sometimes actively fights against reality and truth,..."

-- Phil Plait, going a little off the rails here (not exactly down with the sentiment) seeing how it's the same "system" that also produces Bad Astronomy.