It's what happens when you are taught from childhood to use your brain for wishful thinking only:
"This General Prayut is a good guy really, he makes the coup for the people, this time is different from all the other coups!"
"If I pray really hard to this rock, I will win the lottery, really!"
"If I invest my savings with this friend of my nephews third cousin twice removed, he guarantees me a 25% monthly return, really!"
"This lady promised me work in Sudan as an unskilled laborer with $3,000-$4,000 weekly wages, a really great opportunity!"