Crowd-Truth, as Affinity and Aversion



Most humans cannot tease an argument out of a widely held custom or resist a distinguishing taste which “proves” their elite status.  Most cannot see the difference between an argument as a stimulus and the argument itself. We are even so vulnerable to matching our affinities and aversions with our fellows that, when our logic parts ways, we often must call up a Faith in our most solid acts of deduction.  It is a silly moment, but then again, lapsing back into crowd-think does not feel silly at all – and that is a frightening thought.

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