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I do think a general lack of any ability to judge and/or appropriately discard certain information is a common thread

"Critical thinking" is basically the term for it I suppose

I remember from as early as 2nd grade hearing teachers talk about "critical thinking", and for years it was nothing more than a nebulous term that was just synonymous with "being smart"

It wasn't until much later when I met people who clearly lacked critical thinking that I began to understand what it meant