why is it that people turn to believe in unfounded theories?

Question

Like being a home while you only love and admire people of your own sex.
Being seen to partake in activities percieved to be immoral while in actual fact they are not.

Answer 1

Because many people are lemmings...they are content to follow/ and blindly accept what's "popular" or what "everyone else is doing" without thinking through for themselves what it all means.

It's called ignorance, and it plagues our society as humans.

*sigh*

Answer 2

because it good to be live in things it keeps the boredom away