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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

A lot of people have explanations based on rational reasoning, like if they see the same facts that we do, but reach different conclusions. But these explanations always come off feeling a bit, I dunno, wobbly. What if it's not rational at all? What if it's a form of brainwashing, or something like hypnosis?

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