A former coworker didn’t want her child to get the polio series because “no one gets polio!” I tried explaining that the reason so few people get polio is because the vaccine prevents it, but she was certain her “facts” were correct.

Years ago I was on a jury for a murder/attempted murder case. During jury selection, they asked if anyone on the panel had issues with our local police force. One guy stood up and ranted for a good five or six minutes about how he thought the cops were all crooked and he’d never believe anything they said. He went on and on. Finally, the judge broke in and just asked the prosecuting attorneys if they wanted to use one of their refusals. They of course did.

That guy knew what he was doing—he smirked and even commented to some of us as he left, “And that’s how you do it!”