The pandemic highlights an issue that has been haunting me all my life: most people live in a socially shared consensus reality, while I am locked into an independent construct. Accounting for the consensus seems more important than for the available evidence. How strange.
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OTOH the fact that I can argue my position well does not mean that I am right. I might be missing something important
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I don’t see it as a matter of being right or wrong. It’s a personal conviction.
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Not really surprising. But the fact that people who are self-aware enough to meta-analyze this, but still decide that this group mind is something to strive for, is surprising. Akin to wanting to stay in the matrix, despite knowing the truth. Ignorance is bliss, I guess.
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Note that I'm not necessarily making a value judgement here. After all, the group mind has benefits (otherwise, it would not be so strongly selected for). I think I simply agree with you that we are, what we are, and it's hard to cross the lines, once you're in that group.
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In regards to the reasons, I think it has to do with being suspended from the system and having the perspective to see it unfold, macroscopically. Humanity doesn’t look much different from the murmuring of birds when seen at large.
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