It was undeniable that after education had been promoted as widely as possible, people were far better educated than before.
Over the past few decades, the illiteracy rate among the Federation's youth had gone from shockingly high to highly satisfactory. Most young people had the opportunity to attend school.
Although another twenty or thirty percent could only attend for a few years or could not attend at all for various reasons, that proportion had still improved significantly.
However, a higher level of education did not necessarily mean people could distinguish between complex pieces of information.
A sociologist had conducted a survey and found that among the victims of fraud, the proportion of people with higher education was not much lower than that of people without higher education.
This was in stark contradiction to the long-held belief that "experts don't fall for scams." In fact, when it came to being deceived, some highly educated people behaved even more terribly than ordinary people! They had a blind confidence in how well they understood the world, which not only caused them to fall for scams but also led them to help fraudsters perfect their lies before voluntarily promoting the fraudulent content—
After being deceived, they would voluntarily advertise for the scammers, causing their own relatives and friends to fall for the scams because of their promotion.
It sounded unbelievable, but it was the truth! A married couple who were university professors had fallen for a high-return investment scam, and from the two of them, it had spread to many members of both their families.
Everyone in the family trusted the couple deeply. After all, they were university professors. How could they possibly be deceived?
As a result, nearly every relative they could contact handed over the money they had to the scammers. Some