The Greatest Illusion People Fall Into in the Age of Social Media

[Manuel Tavares]

The Greatest Illusion People Fall Into in the Age of Social Media
Anna LeMind, B.A.
https://ascensionflame.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-greatest-illusion-people-fall-into.html
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-greatest-illusion-people-fall-into.html

It’s needless to say that social media plays a crucial role in our life today. We are so used to checking our Facebook feed and our friends’ updates on Instagram that we can’t imagine ourselves without these things.

Still, the need to stay constantly connected and share our news with the world isn’t simply a part of our lives. It’s also changed the way we think, making us fall victim to different illusions and cognitive distortions.

I’d like to focus on one of those–the illusory need to have an opinion about everything.

Let me demonstrate this illusion in action

Let me ask you a few questions:
What’s your opinion on the Fermi paradox?
Why didn’t the Germans destroy British troops at Dunkirk during WWII?
Why did communism fail? ....+ https://ascensionflame.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-greatest-illusion-people-fall-into.html