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Hysteria, Media and Delusional People

Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

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Cognitive Simplety and Cognitive Dissonance

When you find cognitive simplicity comes about and cognitive dissonance, we have an evolutionary adaptive purpose. We're a social primate species and we want to signal to others that we can be trusted in a reliable group member. So being consistent and agreeing with other people's group members is much easier for people to have peace.

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