So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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In The Living Century, Victor Hugo wrote: “So, in the interests of survival, they trained themselves to be agreeing machines instead of thinking machines. All their minds had to do was to discover what other people were thinking, and then they thought that, too.” This is a very important statement in the study of psychology. It says that when people are in a social situation they will subconsciously think what everyone else is thinking.

Source: Breakfast Of Champions

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