06-25-2007, 12:00 AM
Lately I've been seeing how the fliers squirm when their cozy little status quo is interrupted. I've noticed it all along in one sense before I started the path of a warrior, but now that I've begun to see, I can really tell that there is something more going on in those affected than just mere human agitation.
When a dissonant element is introduced into people's world, not only they but others all around them gather round to re-establish the status quo as quickly as possible. Even people who aren't really that close at all to the affected person. Seems that under normal circumstances, a dissonant element would provoke curiosity. In chimps and other higher mammals this is the case. Even just other animals period there tends to be an initial bolting reaction of fear followed by curiosity and investigation. Instead, with people, they simply pound the curiosity part out of existance, for the most part. To me, this is the fliers influence.
It's hard to put into words without a concrete example. But next time you're at a cocktail party or whatever, casually introduce a dissonant element to a small group while chatting and watch them all scramble to reinforce the old idea that is challenged. I've seen normally lucid and intelligent people become bombasically irrational when this happens...just to regain the old equilibrium. Usually too, in the aftermath, there is a concerted effort of the participants to shun the person who introduced the dissonant element as "irrational" "stupid" "crazy" "malignant" and the like. Even if the dissonant element is something that really isn't unreasonable or lacking logic. The ripple effect is one of near-hysteria.
This is the fliers playing on the animal instinct of fear. In this case the fear of the unknown or not-usual. The fliers hold has deepened to such an extent that people who are normally curious and open-minded have this snap-back reaction. Like a leash being pulled on by the master when a dog strays out of the "heel" zone.
"The Reality Is That You Will Die. The Uncertainty Is What Will Happen After That.."
When a dissonant element is introduced into people's world, not only they but others all around them gather round to re-establish the status quo as quickly as possible. Even people who aren't really that close at all to the affected person. Seems that under normal circumstances, a dissonant element would provoke curiosity. In chimps and other higher mammals this is the case. Even just other animals period there tends to be an initial bolting reaction of fear followed by curiosity and investigation. Instead, with people, they simply pound the curiosity part out of existance, for the most part. To me, this is the fliers influence.
It's hard to put into words without a concrete example. But next time you're at a cocktail party or whatever, casually introduce a dissonant element to a small group while chatting and watch them all scramble to reinforce the old idea that is challenged. I've seen normally lucid and intelligent people become bombasically irrational when this happens...just to regain the old equilibrium. Usually too, in the aftermath, there is a concerted effort of the participants to shun the person who introduced the dissonant element as "irrational" "stupid" "crazy" "malignant" and the like. Even if the dissonant element is something that really isn't unreasonable or lacking logic. The ripple effect is one of near-hysteria.
This is the fliers playing on the animal instinct of fear. In this case the fear of the unknown or not-usual. The fliers hold has deepened to such an extent that people who are normally curious and open-minded have this snap-back reaction. Like a leash being pulled on by the master when a dog strays out of the "heel" zone.
"The Reality Is That You Will Die. The Uncertainty Is What Will Happen After That.."