Intellectually, people are, fundamentally, herd animals. In other words, individuals often assume group wisdom rather assessing facts and reality themselves.
We all know that bicycle helmets are a good safety measure and that wearing seatbelts saves lives, because we just know it.
Perhaps as busy people we just ration our attention, and only take the time to deeply inspect things are especially important to us, and for the rest of the things, just allow group think to be deep enough understanding.
But sometimes, as with the thinking about bicycle helmets and seatbelts, conventional wisdom is wrong.
Moving on to the subject of the post: We all hate those damned Somali pirates, don’t we? They’re the scourge of the earth, aren’t they?
Here’s a lone voice out of way left field that screams out that herd think isn’t always accurate.
Give Mr. Hari a Free Thinker Award!
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