Bloom argues that humanity’s excessive communication alters our perception of reality. He says that in an experiment conducted by Solomon Asch 75% of people would agree with the group’s claim, even if it was wrong (31). This phenomenon is not peer pressure, it is the brain reworking what we see. If many people see something that you don’t, then your brain will assume something is wrong and try to correct your vision to the group’s, which is the reason why “[the participants’s] senses had been swayed more by the views of the multitude than by the actuality” (31). Bloom says that humans spend 80% of their time communicating with each other, and not the outside world (30). We’ve become lazy, and we hope that something someone found is going
