They Cannot Tell the Difference Between a Lie and the Truth

This is a serious handicap, and a common one.

I am sure these people (the majority of the population) are this way, because this was how they were encouraged (almost forced) to become. Social pressure is powerful, and in our time - very powerful. This is a defining characteristic of our time - extreme social pressure. Everyone has to be like everyone else.

I tried to give you a link to TED talk, starring Poppy Crum, but I could not. It showed that advanced thinking is available (and a lot of it) but few people watch TED.

If you subscribe to This week on TED.com yourself, you will get their best - for free.