Probably for the same reason people are now against vaccinations: They're too young to remember the "before" time.
When microwave links became prevalent in the '50s and '60s, the general public had direct experience in the periods before and after the deployment, thus they could easily formulate a rationalization of the benefits provided (i.e. cross-country telephone calls, national TV, etc) The general public today has no experience living
without, thus the actual benefits provided by microwave communication is less tangible.
Similarly, those who lived prior to the widespread use of vaccines immediately saw the benefit of their use, whereas people today have not experienced life
without and as such the benefits are much less tangible. The recent measles outbreak is not even a fraction of what it was really like, I don't think people will really "get it" until we bring back gymnasiums full of child-sized iron lungs:
I wonder if they wear their seat belts. Do they count to 3 after coming to a complete stop at Stop signs? Use the handrail everytime when descending steps? Eat a glutten free diet?
Perfect example of hype trumping logic. Unless you're afflicted with celiac disease, gluten-free is a pointless fad. The fad has improved the availability of gluten-free food for true celiacs, but most everybody else are just idiots who
can't even tell you what gluten is.
In fact, a
follow-up study regarding "gluten sensitivity" found that subjects in a blind test reported symptoms even after eating the "placebo" gluten, indicating that their symptoms were not caused by gluten itself, but rather another example of the Nocebo effect (i.e. you're told something will make you feel bad, and surprise, you feel bad) This is the same explanation for many symptoms claimed by sufferers of so-called "Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity." The news media reports on all these things that might be hurting you (Gluten is bad! Radio waves are bad! Windmills are bad!) Then more people start claiming they're being harmed and the whole thing turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy...
