Wolfgang Pauli is reputed to have said that a physics paper shown to him was so poor that it was ‘not even wrong’. I confess that when I first heard the phrase ‘mass formation psychosis’ I thought of Pauli’s witticism, because this particular concept was invoked to explain
That's a complex one, but I think it comes down to a certain toughness of spirit, an ability to think and reason and feel independently, a kind of courage.
Well, that's flattering. Thank you! I'd take a more nuanced view based on my own case.
First, yes, I've always been an independent thinker. Why? Nurture certainly: the circumstances of my youth and young manhood encouraged this. Maybe nature also.
Second, I love studying history and philosophy (which interestingly no longer get the attention in the education system they used to). The first enables me to see things in historical context, viz 'there is nothing new under the sun'; the second taught me critical thinking.
Third, I don't follow the news media, partly because I tend to live in a world of my own, focused on matters abstract from real life (which is probably not a good thing, but there it is), and also because I'd begun to realise how untrustworthy the media are even before covid.
Fourth, my wife is a healer and we both have spiritual endeavours. However, it's surprising just how many others like us did get the jab.
As for your "toughness of spirit", some might call it simple stubbornness. But the above list of causes tend to make me less subject to others' opinions than is usual. I always want good reasons: "Why should I get the jab?" Amazing that no one ever answered that simple question satisfactorily.
As for my "courage", well, I didn't have to give up a secure job and essential income. Those who chose no jab = no job, they had courage. I'd like to think I would have been among them if placed in that situation, but you really don't know until it happens.
"And then there is the psychological effect of the Big Lie which is axiomatic in gaslighting. The paradox here is that the bigger the lie, the harder it is for the mind to bridge the gulf between perceived reality and the lie that authority figures are painting as truth. I believe that the prospect of being deceived evinces a primitive emotional response on a par with staring death in the face. We are hard-wired to fear deception because we have evolved to interpret it as an existential threat. That’s why deception can elicit the same emotional response as the miscalculation of a serious physical threat. Lies told to us don’t always bear the same cost as a misjudged red light, but the primitive part of the brain can’t make this distinction and we rely on cerebral mediation for a more appropriate but delayed response. And in the long run, the lie is often just as dangerous as the physical threat. Many government whoppers – ‘safe and effective’ – do cost lives.
To avoid the death-like experience of being deceived, a mental defence is erected to deny that the lie is happening."
The gift of spiritual discernment!
Sorry if you have been asked this before, but why do you think certain people can see the narrative and other people can't?
That's a complex one, but I think it comes down to a certain toughness of spirit, an ability to think and reason and feel independently, a kind of courage.
Well, that's flattering. Thank you! I'd take a more nuanced view based on my own case.
First, yes, I've always been an independent thinker. Why? Nurture certainly: the circumstances of my youth and young manhood encouraged this. Maybe nature also.
Second, I love studying history and philosophy (which interestingly no longer get the attention in the education system they used to). The first enables me to see things in historical context, viz 'there is nothing new under the sun'; the second taught me critical thinking.
Third, I don't follow the news media, partly because I tend to live in a world of my own, focused on matters abstract from real life (which is probably not a good thing, but there it is), and also because I'd begun to realise how untrustworthy the media are even before covid.
Fourth, my wife is a healer and we both have spiritual endeavours. However, it's surprising just how many others like us did get the jab.
As for your "toughness of spirit", some might call it simple stubbornness. But the above list of causes tend to make me less subject to others' opinions than is usual. I always want good reasons: "Why should I get the jab?" Amazing that no one ever answered that simple question satisfactorily.
As for my "courage", well, I didn't have to give up a secure job and essential income. Those who chose no jab = no job, they had courage. I'd like to think I would have been among them if placed in that situation, but you really don't know until it happens.
Very good articles, by the way, and thank you.
(From https://leftlockdownsceptics.com/alleged-cia-involvement-in-jfk-assassination-goes-mainstream-so-now-what/ )
"And then there is the psychological effect of the Big Lie which is axiomatic in gaslighting. The paradox here is that the bigger the lie, the harder it is for the mind to bridge the gulf between perceived reality and the lie that authority figures are painting as truth. I believe that the prospect of being deceived evinces a primitive emotional response on a par with staring death in the face. We are hard-wired to fear deception because we have evolved to interpret it as an existential threat. That’s why deception can elicit the same emotional response as the miscalculation of a serious physical threat. Lies told to us don’t always bear the same cost as a misjudged red light, but the primitive part of the brain can’t make this distinction and we rely on cerebral mediation for a more appropriate but delayed response. And in the long run, the lie is often just as dangerous as the physical threat. Many government whoppers – ‘safe and effective’ – do cost lives.
To avoid the death-like experience of being deceived, a mental defence is erected to deny that the lie is happening."