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And how average Joes form opinions on complex subjects? They don't.

Opinions are hammered into general public by a limited number of major media platforms or independent influences.

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There is this logical error that comes with elitism. People are generally simple, therefore must have been manipulated by a much smarter "center".

But what if opinions on complex subjects are instead formed as an emergent phenomena of interactions of many humans?

It reminds me of Cartesian theatre, the idea that there has to be a central place in the brain where "real decisions are made".