Are they real? How do you tell? What evidence do we have and how can we be sure? These are all some possible questions to tackle. Please post whatever material you have on the topic. I am preferential to Gnostic takes but interested in anything.
It's because they're not real people. They're NPCs with mediocre IQs that follow the programming of their flesh husk body with no awareness whatsoever, only mimicry of awareness.