Interesting theory, well stated by Judy - but not surprising, I had to be fucking kicked out and I'm so happy for it.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Emily Reyn <emilymae.r...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ** > > > Judy, this is an interesting perspective; I had never thought of this > before. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* authfriend <authfri...@yahoo.com> > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, November 9, 2012 3:36 PM > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] The Placebo Effect (was Re: Fwd: Print and > share with others?) > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> > wrote: > <snip> > > I read that intelligent people are more likely to join > > cults. No-one knows why, my guess is that if you think > > more about something you can build more elaborate memes > > which will reinforce themselves so maybe the placebo or > > weakness is psychologically derived rather than genetic. > > I would guess that intelligent people are more likely > to undertake any approach to self-improvement, cult-based > or not, because they have a greater sense of possibilities, > of their own potential and how much of it remains to be > fulfilled. > > That same sense of possibilities may make them less > resistant to cultish practices at the outset because > they're curious to see where it's all going, so they > stick around until they've become so enmeshed that it's > difficult for them to make a decision to leave. > > > > >
