We are social animals, and conformity is part of our social adaptation. We imitate others. This imitation is not just superficial. It is deep. We imitate the structure of knowledge in other brains. For example, you learned language by absorbing knowledge from other people. That knowledge is subconscious. You use it every time you interpret or generate language, but you have no conscious access to it. You absorbed it subconsciously, and you apply it subconsciously.
Easier said than done. Thinking for yourself is difficult and painful. And it leads you to worse outcomes then you are stupid. It sucks to be an idiot :(
Easier said than done. Thinking for yourself is difficult and painful. And it leads you to worse outcomes then you are stupid. It sucks to be an idiot :(
Wouldn't decline of conformity in general ("no communities") dampen social disadvantage of high-functioning autism? Yet...