
Mark Changizi
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Philosopher scientist, changizi.com — New book, MOTORCYCLE MIND only at Barnes & Noble — Science Moment Podcast, YouTube — FreeX.group
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Ivor Cummins Angry Black Sheep This isn’t about psychology. It’s about emergent “physics” at the large group level. Individuals in a mass hysteria aren’t crazy, aren’t hysterical, aren’t lying, aren’t bad-intentioned, aren’t sociopathological, aren’t psychotic. Those terms come at the emergent level.






Mark Changizi PETER ‘ITCHY-CHIN’ ITCHENS 🤨 It was a good find, that one. Right when the mania was at its most intense, it was the absolute opposite of what the conspiracists assert. You could find 100 other top-notch examples, and most still wouldn't budge.





elizabeth bennett Cameron Murray Mark Changizi If you’ll permit some nerdery: Take a highly selected group w only a 0.01% chance anyone leaks the conspiracy any give year. Prob of a leak = 1 - (.9999)^(people x yrs) 10 people for 10 yrs? ~ 0.1% risk 1000 people for decades? Essentially 100% No large conspiracy can survive.