When is it Groupthink?

[Rum]

Together now - one..two..three..THINK!

[Atheist-Lite]

Together now - one..two..three..THINK!

Use a laxative. Thinking doesn't work.

[Azathoth]

Management bullshit word. Just ignore all instances of it

[Atheist-Lite]

Use copernic Hermit, basic is free, multi-threaded search is gonna throw up a wider variety of answers. Better yet. Ask the right question first. That means thinking for yourself though, could be risky?

[Svartalf]

Hmm ... I've never really thought about that myself.

I think we should all think about this together.

Think together? like I could be with you and think of anything but sex?

[Clinton Huxley]

Hmm ... I've never really thought about that myself.

I think we should all think about this together.

Think together? like I could be with you and think of anything but sex?

You talking to Bella or KLR here?

[Svartalf]

Google encourages groupthink.

Yeah, Sure. Inevitable, really. Information at your fingertips always does that.

Given that this information is organized by order of general popularity, and that most people will not consult several dozen sites to make sure they have the full monty on the matter... in a way, it does.

Yeah, right. Better not google then. Lack of information is less conducive to the formation of groupthink than some information. Makes sense. People always unthinkingly accept the first, most popular page they read.

You know what's sad? Trying for sarcasm and ending up stating the plain truth.

[Svartalf]

Hmm ... I've never really thought about that myself.

I think we should all think about this together.

Think together? like I could be with you and think of anything but sex?

You talking to Bella or KLR here?

Either will work... only difference is that if I'm telling Bella, I'll think of sex with Bella, and if i'm addressing Kevin, I'll think of sex with somebody with the right plumbing.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

My job with the government is basically to stay out of the loop until a consensus is reached, then toss my own evaluation in and see what happens. It's one of the reason I get to stay home.

[Warren Dew]

Hmm ... I've never really thought about that myself. Here's one definition:

http://www.abacon.com/commstudies/group ... think.html

... if that means we groupthink too much from time to time, then we would be in good company with the rest of the internet.

They should add to the "solutions" section, "have Coito be part of the group."

[Audley Strange]

Groupthink is a word which is often poorly used. It's intent was originally different from mere mob mentality or political manipulation which some people now consider it as, but more the sort of psychology you find in terror cells and with conspiracy nuts and in the Manson family and Cults and the like. It's the idea that they create through constant reinforcement of belief, a subset of consensual reality which has radically branched off from the larger consensual reality.

[Warren Dew]

Groupthink is a word which is often poorly used. It's intent was originally different from mere mob mentality or political manipulation which some people now consider it as, but more the sort of psychology you find in terror cells and with conspiracy nuts and in the Manson family and Cults and the like. It's the idea that they create through constant reinforcement of belief, a subset of consensual reality which has radically branched off from the larger consensual reality.

Sort of like members of an organized religion, then. Or Democrats.

[surreptitious57]

My definItion or interpretation of group think is when the alpha males sub consciously or consciously
seek to reference a particular view which they want to be accepted by the rest of the group : any
one outside the inner circle of the group but in the group it self who starts questioning this is
subject to scorn and derision which are within the rules of the forum : this is to guarantee
no member of group think gets suspended from the group by the mods who themselves
may be resemted by the group who see them as a threat to their autonomy within it

Though the mods and the alpha males of group think get on quite well probably
because the former is recruited from the latter so disputes tend to be with
outsiders then though may one day be accepted by group think as one of
them : this is only apparent though after a period of time has passed

We tend not to have it here due to the relatively liberal nature of
moderation : there is a clique here but that is true of all fora
and also of all human society : tribalism is hard wired into
us : always feel safe when surrounded by those that we
can relate to that share a fundamental aspect of our
character like nationality gender age or whatever

[Hermit]

Why alpha male?

[surreptitious57]

Ha ha ha : I was waiting for someone to bring that up : the
important part of that phrase is the first word : not the
second : gender is irrelevant : however I use it since
it is an accepted term : now of course there are
alpha females though alpha males tend to be
more dominant and for obvious reasons