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To: skinowski who wrote (8983)	9/2/2009 4:06:39 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

What does make sense, is to determine which one of the groupthinker crowds happens to be on the right side of the issue - and most of the time that is not all that difficult. Unless you are a member of the crowd.

To: skinowski who wrote (8983)	9/2/2009 7:25:35 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

I nearly learned a new word a week ago, [did but old age brain failure lost it again] <I love the subject. Dynamics of collective unconscious are a lot of fun > It was a word for how people automatically fall into step with each other and other psychology-matching behaviour. Hypnotism must work in a similar way - a subconscious willingness to join in. Understanding group dynamics and developing self-defence against it is certainly a good idea. Natural selection in humans has provided for plenty of both, so when the mob self-exterminates, there are always hermits in the hills to take over, and when the hermits, and tiny tribes, are made obsolete, there are plenty to go on with in the cities, who then spin off to become the new hermits. Yes, good quote: <'a collection of a hundred good intellects produces collectively one idiot'. > I observed that peculiar phenomenon starting decades ago. In Big Oil, where I worked, it was endemic. In government it's not just endemic, it's compulsory. Obamacare will be more of the same. Mqurice