Rebel Brain Activity | Bang Goes The Theory Series 6 | BBC Studios 

This reminds me of the study that asked a number of people to guess "How many beans?" in a large jar. While any individual answer was no closer than 80 from the actual number (viewing a jar containing 1000 beans, guesses ranged from 12 beans to a million beans) the average of all the guesses was within 5 or 6 of the true amount. The wisdom of the group exceeded any individual in the group, which doesn't seem mathematically possible, but the larger the group, the more accurate the final averaged answer was.

That is a fascinating concept. Once again that shows how decisions are directly influenced by surroundings and the neural activity. I like to imagine humans beings as biological robots, who have gone to such high level of brain complexity, that our brain can process a huge amount of activities, that in the end, creates the illusion of free choice.

The group opinion is better than an individual's only about certain things, mostly having to do with social norms and things our instincts are attuned to. But when it comes to sciences and other events that happen outside the themes, concerns and time frame our instincts have evolved to deal with, that kind of group think is almost like psychosis. Like for example our incapacity, as a group or species, to meaningfully grapple with climate change, international energy policy, population growth, and so on.

"When a man does not keep pace with his companions"...H.David Thoreau

Wrong, the group opinion is safe. Individuality breeds change, for better or worse. From an evolutionary stand point it makes sense to fear it, as aversion prevents potential harm from acceptance. However, adherence to status quo breeds complacency and staggers innovation. A balance of the two are what allow the human race to both progress and maintain. Both are equally as valuable.

I want to take that test! :)

I got my friends to watch a favorite movie, and during the viewing they criticized some of the things I liked (e.g. the way some bags switched around as a running gag), and I found myself backing down and apologizing for the movie, like "yeah I guess that's not so great" and felt like I liked the movie a bit less. Afterwards I was confused: Why was my opinion so malleable that when my friends didn't like something, I felt like my opinion -- my *liking* of that thing -- was an error? This wasn't even teenagers or something -- we're in our thirties! (Or were, at the time, at least.)

Heheh. My brain chemistry must be a bit off. I've typically never been with "the program".

I wanna test yolo swag people who think their a rebel

Nice video but too short, also I dont know who this test subject is and I frankly dont care about his score, this could have been omitted

"Campbell, the test results show here that you are a bigot! Please leave the facility." lol xD

Interesting. ;)

It makes sense eg can I eat this mum ? Is it safe to do this ? Etc From a young age we ask others around us what they think and probably from man's evolution a pack is always stronger Very good keep them coming

makes good sense. the more you talk positively about the other person, and how you think he or she is pretty or smart or loveworthy... the more people begin to adapt the view. if a girl takes about her love affair with a boy, other girls will definitely be more interested in this boy, than perhaps before. the same is the other way around. same game with "tasty" restaurants. they can be shitty as hell. as long as enough dipshits without taste tell you its the best one in town, you gonna love it! :)

If I have to choose one theory from psychiatry which to base all reasons to different kind of brain-activity it would be Alice Miller she is only theorist who makes sense. All actions are based on childhood, and how society threats parents have great impact to that how we see the wolrd and behave. If society always let parents threat children badly they (auctorities) dont have nothing to say about our psyche when we are adults. Ask hitler parents, it is good example.