• Mubelotix
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    2 months ago

    That’s actually the opposite. A mob is smarter than any individual, including experts, as long as the people are allowed to communicate. Here are experiments showing that

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      2 months ago

      Yes, when counting jelly beans in a jar or answering general knowledge questions because that has no ideology attached to it. But when people are desperate to belong they will follow the party line blindly lest they be ostracised.

      The answers to OP’s questions are all ideologically loaded.