[XeO3]

> We are hard-wired to follow crowds. That’s what ensured our survival in the past. We have mirror neurons in our brain. The sole purpose of these neurons is to mimic other people’s behavior (and choices). Your willpower does not stand a chance against thousands of years of evolution.

This is not entirely correct. I mean it`d be difficult but not impossible.

[dwaltrip]

He was generalizing. In general, people feel strong compulsions to assimilate with those around them and most of the time will do so to at least a certain degree.

Proper qualifying every statement would turn the simplest of blog posts into a massive manuscript! Hence we must be a little charitable when reading.

[Joof]

Its very much an extrapolation of mirror neurons.