There's actually a term for whats happening. It's called Belief perseverance and it's quite fascinating. There's some studies later in the wiki link that are quite interesting to read,This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance
Also I really like this quoteBelief perseverance (also known as conceptual conservatism[1]) is maintaining a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it.[2] Such beliefs may even be strengthened when others attempt to present evidence debunking them, a phenomenon known as the backfire effect (compare boomerang effect).[3] For example, journalist Cari Romm, in a 2014 article in The Atlantic, describes a study in which a group of people, concerned of the side effects of flu shots, became less willing to receive them after being told that the vaccination was entirely safe.[4]
Physicist Max Planck wrote that "the new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it".