[betty boop]

Including, it seems to me, whether or not they have the basic property of existence ;)

Skepticism is a most useful quality, general_re.

On the other hand, try to explain the Hitler phenomenon without reference to some kind of "group effect."

[js1138]

On the other hand, try to explain the Hitler phenomenon without reference to some kind of "group effect."

I am trying tho see the point of this by can't. Are you suggesting that people isolated from the rhetoric and crowd noise would be affected by some non-physical emanation? What exactly do you mean by group effect?

[general_re]

On the other hand, try to explain the Hitler phenomenon without reference to some kind of "group effect."

Big step, jumping from "group effect" to a proposed field that no one has yet managed to observe or describe in any detail. I merely suggest that we take care not to violate the 11'th commandment of scientific investigation - "Thou shalt not multiply entities without necessity" ;)