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#'''Bandwagon Fallacy''' - assumes something is true (or right or good) because others agree with it. In other words, the fallacy argues that if everyone thinks a certain way, then you should, too. | #'''Bandwagon Fallacy''' - assumes something is true (or right or good) because others agree with it. In other words, the fallacy argues that if everyone thinks a certain way, then you should, too. | ||
#[[The Diderot Effect|'''The Diderot Effect''']] - we generally surround ourselves with objects that fit our current sense of identity. | #[[The Diderot Effect|'''The Diderot Effect''']] - we generally surround ourselves with objects that fit our current sense of identity. | ||
#'''The singularity effect''' - we care disproportionately about an individual as compared to a group. | #'''[[The singularity effect]]''' - we care disproportionately about an individual as compared to a group. | ||
== Personal Bias Suppression == | == Personal Bias Suppression == | ||
Analyzing one's beliefs, preferences, or associations while experiencing personal bias suppression can lead to new perspectives that would take years of in depth psychoanalysis. The suppression of this innate tendency often induces the realization that certain aspects of a person's personality, world view and culture are not reflective of objective truths about reality, but are in fact subjective or even delusional opinions.<ref>Horváth, Lajos; Szummer, Csaba; Szabo, Attila (2017). "Weak phantasy and visionary phantasy: the phenomenological significance of altered states of consciousness". ''Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences''. '''17''' (1): 117–129. doi:10.1007/s11097-016-9497-4. ISSN 1568-7759.</ref> This realization often leads to or accompanies deep states of insight and critical introspection which can create significant alterations in a person's perspective that last anywhere from days, weeks, months, or even years after the experience itself. Personal bias suppression is one of the hallmark effects of using [[psychedelics]]. | Analyzing one's beliefs, preferences, or associations while experiencing personal bias suppression can lead to new perspectives that would take years of in depth psychoanalysis. The suppression of this innate tendency often induces the realization that certain aspects of a person's personality, world view and culture are not reflective of objective truths about reality, but are in fact subjective or even delusional opinions.<ref>Horváth, Lajos; Szummer, Csaba; Szabo, Attila (2017). "Weak phantasy and visionary phantasy: the phenomenological significance of altered states of consciousness". ''Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences''. '''17''' (1): 117–129. doi:10.1007/s11097-016-9497-4. ISSN 1568-7759.</ref> This realization often leads to or accompanies deep states of insight and critical introspection which can create significant alterations in a person's perspective that last anywhere from days, weeks, months, or even years after the experience itself. Personal bias suppression is one of the hallmark effects of using [[psychedelics]]. | ||
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