“Group-Think” I Saw a Putty-Tat? I Did! I Did!
Tweety Bird was susceptible just like Tex and the gang, I guess… Heck, according to studies done on this psychological phenomena termed, ”Group Think”, 80% of humans will succumb to an accepted group’s belief system, even if that system is known to be flawed by the individuals within that group. Scary statistic, huh? That if a leader of an isolated group says the world is flat and the higher echelon members of that group believe it also, then 80% of the people who actually know different, will acquiesce and agree that it is so. Researchers on the subject controversially include into this mix, Moses, Jesus, Hitler, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and yes, even George W. Bush and Rush Limbaugh! Black is white and NOT black, if these leaders say it’s so to their following, and the followers have no problem relinquishing their inner core, abandoning their moral fibre, deserting their back bone in heralding, “Yes! You, our Leader, are right!” These individuals who make up this 80% ha...