It is only on very rare occasions that it is possible to help an ignorant person see the truth. In fact, I say ‘very rare’, but in my whole life up to now I have never managed to do this myself, but I take it on faith that it might be possible 
. Fact is that woo-woo beliefs and views of the world are ingrained into people, and when adulthood comes, obviously those ideas are too much ingrained to be reversable.
The most efficient and productive way to go about helping people would be to start teaching a skeptical and scientific outlook to the universe to children. That would ensure a much higher percentage of future responsible, well-balanced adults, and therefore a better world for mankind.
Religious groups have been doing the same since… well, ever, and are still doing this today: they teach their children to become gullible closed-minded unscientific and religious adults. If governments (and the few enlightened parents) start teaching children in the right way, that would benefit us all.
