Thinking outside the box

It is interesting to see how people think and reason from conversations with them in Skypeland. One gentleman I have encountered loves to say how he does not follow the herd and thinks outside the box. However, most of the ideas he espouses are gleaned from watching youtube videos, or rumors he has picked up from his friends, or just screwball misunderstandings of science. For example:

*he believes all governments are secretly controlled behind the scenes by the evil Illuminati/Rothschilds/Jews etc (This crazy conspiracy theory is well over a century old and never seems to die).
*he believes that the Big Bang is impossible since you cannot get all matter in a small space (He thinks his own intuition and common sense means more than the evidence and data and reasoning of tens of thousands of scientists, including Nobel Prize winners.).
*he believes the flagellum is irreducibly complex and this has been proven scientifically, when the opposite is true. (a hoax pushed by the private money behind the Discovery Institute and a publicity campaign; this was shown to be wrong in the Dover trial with dozens and dozens of peer-reviewed studies and books.).
*he believes that it is proven that 911 was an inside job (a hoax pushed by those such as Islamists who claim no Jews showed up for work on 911, or two French brothers with a video business. He believes that a janitor in the world trade center has more credibility than hundreds of scientists and engineering professors and other experts. In fact, the more education someone has, the less likely he is to believe what they say. He favors the opinions of the most ignorant and is proud of it.).
*he believes that you can get rid of air pollution by burning it (Anyone who has had elementary high school chemistry should know how silly this position is. If this is possible, try burning the ashes from the campfire you had last night and see what happens.).