People have always and will always continue to believe unbelievable things.

The phenomena is fascinating and is as used miraculously for profound good as it can be used for evil.

There is a cure. You must learn the habit of running a skepticism scan.
In other words you must hold central to your being a grain of doubt in all things. We can educate modern man to take these precautions. Getting people to accept this mental phenomenon is the hard part. Critical reasoning people always think they are immune and in 75% f situations they might be right.

God save us from the true believer no matter what realm they are from.

Greg do not think punishment will change human perception, wiring or belief. It will change behavior and usually not for the better.