What the masses think. (There I said it)
 

Everyone always thinks of everyone but themselves as "the masses".

Incidently, a large majority of people think they are of above average intelligence.

Yep. And I have come to a conclusion that is probably quite close to yours:

Definition "approved by masses"

-> Most people act similarly with "masses"
-> Many people act in direct but inverse relation to "masses", but consider themselves intelligent and alternative

My conclusion: both types of people are directly affected by what is "approved by masses" - either in a positive or inverse relation

(My English might be bad here but I hope you get the idea)

A real thinker, though, makes his own choices that are not
necessarily affected at all by what is "approved by masses" neither in a positive nor inverse relation

Any sense?

What font did you use for the number?

I do not know about the majority of ppl.
But hell there is allot of fucking no brainers out there!

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bigger than you used:thumbsup

it seems on the balance the majority are not as intelligent as they think.

Mika, I agree with nearly everything you ever say.

Nice conclusion. :-)

true, not really many people will admit to being a part of the majority. when in fact, we all are atleast somewhat. we've all grown up in this society, and we all have conditionings. some are big, and some are small, but it'd be stupid to think that we're all FULLY our ..own..

Most people are more intelligent than the masses. The masses can be defined as a crowd with a conscience and intelligence of it's own. What creates a mass is usually the fact that alot of people are exposed to the same exciting element, for example a national broadcast of some importance or an eventthat affects the lives of people.

In a mass, the individual loses any sense of self and his intellect fades, to be replaced by his instincts.
There are 3 reasons why those instincts emerge:

- The mass gives the individual a feeling of power and invulnerability, thus allowing him to give in more easily to his instincts that would be normally suppressed.

- There's a contamination factor, meaning that an emotion felt by a minority in the mass can spread rapidly, either through radical actions or messages.

- The individual becomes open to suggestion. Like an hypnosed man is to the person who hypnoses him, a person in the crowd, having his conscious put behing his unconscious, will be open to the slightest emotion or act. This explains why people in a crowd will often do things beyond what they could ever imagine in every day life. The masses are alienated. This also explains why so many crowds can become criminal.

Now in this era of real time communications and information. One can wonder how it is possible not to be alienated. Nowadays, we're all part of the mass, even though we're alone in front of our TV.