Groupthink
Sep 4, 2018 · 3 min read
More and more nowadays people identify with a group: LBGQ, Atheist, Christian, anti-trump, pro-Trump etc. The problem with this is that having identified with a group they have given up their own authenticity.
I’ve seen may articles, for instance on Quora, where people who identify as Atheist talk about experiences they have had and then write something on the lines of “… but of course as an Atheist I don’t believe this was anything other than my imagination” etc. In other words, having decided (sometimes at a very early age) that they are an Atheist, they then feel they are unable to question this view…

