How people become sheep - bleat
How people become sheep - bleat Sherlock Holmes, in his most recent avataar in the BBC TV series, quoted Winwood Reade and said 'while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty. You can, for example, never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.' The original avataar also said the same thing but I think this guy has become more famous. Put that into context of the recent Indian elections and it suddenly becomes slightly clearer as to why Narendra Modi is a fan favourite to become the next Prime Minister. (updated he won an overwhelming majority) In all the years since I have attained political puberty, I haven't seen such mass hysteria about a PM contender. I am talking about people genuinely believing in the person and voting not just indulging in intellectual masturbation (there is that too). Whil...