there are wise people on here that post about steem multiple times a day that know much more than me

....Don't confuse 'wise' with word salads - they are very, very, different.

https://steemit.com/blog/@lucylin/word-salads-and-the-disingenuous-word-salad-warrior-for-hire

I think it comes down to cognitive bias - looking for what you want to find, and filtering out what you don’t want to hear when making decision

Throw in some quiet desperation, and you have a toxic mix of delusion and fervor, bordering on the religiously manic...