Collective consciousness
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Do we have a spirit of China "hovering over the room" in this case? A real life situation where a common consciousness arises is for example a national world cup game in stadium, or a divine service. The spirit of the group is in fact "hovering" over the place in both cases. The participants are confused by feedback illusions: if all participants act synchronously, then it is difficult to distinguish between the actions of the group and the actions of the individual. An individual thinks it has suddenly the power of the whole group. | Do we have a spirit of China "hovering over the room" in this case? A real life situation where a common consciousness arises is for example a national world cup game in stadium, or a divine service. The spirit of the group is in fact "hovering" over the place in both cases. The participants are confused by feedback illusions: if all participants act synchronously, then it is difficult to distinguish between the actions of the group and the actions of the individual. An individual thinks it has suddenly the power of the whole group. | ||
| - | How would a recognition or representation of itself look like? Maybe you can describe it like this: when agents become aware of themselves, suddenly a small group of agents (which represent the self) becomes very famous, and | + | How would a recognition or representation of itself look like? Maybe you can describe it like this: when agents become aware of themselves, suddenly a small group of agents (which represent the self) gets into the focus of attention. They becomes very famous, and nearly everyone makes connections to them. In the above situation, these agents may be comparable to the team on the field, or the leaders of the religious group. A huge confusion arises in the population which agents should be activated: everyone since the agents represent everyone, and nobody since they are just one team among many others. |
=== Collective self-awareness === | === Collective self-awareness === | ||
