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There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy

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  1. alexpotato · · focus · HN ↗
    > She ended up flirting with her GoPro cameras, hallucinating the sound of shamans beating drums, and accusing her electrical equipment of poisoning her with sound waves.

    There is an interesting phenomenon called "the Firehouse Effect" that is similar but on a group level.

    The idea is that if you take a group of humans and isolate them, they will begin to believe wilder and wilder ideas and communicate those ideas amongst themselves. This happens because the group is not routinely "reconciling" with broader society which in turn is slower to adopt new ideas.

    It's named after firemen who would spend a lot of time together in firehouses.

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    1. Smoosh · · focus · HN ↗
      Interesting. I wonder if that also applies to small groups of people on social media?
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