Scott Adams' Blog "History is full of examples of Mass Hysterias. They happen fairly often. The cool thing about mass hysterias is that you don’t know when you are in one. But sometimes the people who are not experiencing the mass hysteria can recognize when others are experiencing one, if they know what to look for.
"I’ll teach you what to look for."
"A mass hysteria happens when the public gets a wrong idea about
something that has strong emotional content and it triggers cognitive
dissonance that is often supported by confirmation bias. In other words, people spontaneously hallucinate a whole new (and usually crazy-sounding) reality and believe they see plenty of evidence for it. The Salem Witch Trials are the best-known example of mass hysteria. The McMartin Pre-School case and the Tulip Bulb hysteria are others. The dotcom bubble probably qualifies. We might soon
learn that the Russian Collusion story was mass hysteria in hindsight. The curious lack of solid evidence for Russian collusion is a red flag. But we’ll see
how that plays out.
something that has strong emotional content and it triggers cognitive
dissonance that is often supported by confirmation bias. In other words, people spontaneously hallucinate a whole new (and usually crazy-sounding) reality and believe they see plenty of evidence for it. The Salem Witch Trials are the best-known example of mass hysteria. The McMartin Pre-School case and the Tulip Bulb hysteria are others. The dotcom bubble probably qualifies. We might soon
learn that the Russian Collusion story was mass hysteria in hindsight. The curious lack of solid evidence for Russian collusion is a red flag. But we’ll see
how that plays out.
"The most visible Mass Hysteria of the moment involves the idea that the
United States intentionally elected a racist President. If that statement just triggered you, it might mean you are in the Mass Hysteria bubble. The co
l part is that you can’t fact-check my claim you are hallucinating if you are
actually hallucinating. But you can read my description of the signs of mass hysteria and see if you check off the boxes." . . . Read more.
United States intentionally elected a racist President. If that statement just triggered you, it might mean you are in the Mass Hysteria bubble. The co
l part is that you can’t fact-check my claim you are hallucinating if you are
actually hallucinating. But you can read my description of the signs of mass hysteria and see if you check off the boxes." . . . Read more.
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"How are leftist militant groups like Antifa so well funded? Follow the money, you
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