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Mass hallucination
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RE: Mass hallucination
(April 8, 2021 at 11:23 am)Angrboda Wrote:
(April 8, 2021 at 10:57 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Too many, I think that would more properly be a mass delusion.  Cool

What's the difference?

If I see a squirrel that isn't there, that's hallucination. If I am convinced squirrels are secretly more intelligent than humans, that's delusion. It's a difference between a perception and a belief. If I believe the earth is flat because I was an astronaut and that's what it looked like to me while I was in orbit, that would probably be an hallucination. If I'm convinced the earth is flat despite having been in orbit and directly experiencing its oblate spheroidness, that's a very strong delusion.

Interestingly, a person can experience hallucinations without also having the delusion of believing they're real. I would consider that a good evidence of something being a mass hallucination: everyone saw it but some people realize it was hallucinatory.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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Messages In This Thread
Mass hallucination - by Fake Messiah - April 7, 2021 at 6:47 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by Mister Agenda - April 7, 2021 at 10:04 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by no one - April 7, 2021 at 11:00 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by Mister Agenda - April 8, 2021 at 10:57 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by Angrboda - April 8, 2021 at 11:23 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by Mister Agenda - April 10, 2021 at 12:42 pm
RE: Mass hallucination - by GUBU - April 10, 2021 at 12:47 pm
RE: Mass hallucination - by Angrboda - April 7, 2021 at 11:36 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by Ranjr - April 7, 2021 at 11:45 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - April 7, 2021 at 11:57 am
RE: Mass hallucination - by brewer - April 7, 2021 at 12:40 pm
RE: Mass hallucination - by Abaddon_ire - April 8, 2021 at 4:52 pm
RE: Mass hallucination - by Rahn127 - April 12, 2021 at 4:22 pm



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