Am wondering if this might be a useful theoretical stance.
The mark of an LGAT indoctrinated person is that you must never apply
System Two critical thinking to his or her jargon or ask about its background sources.
A cult (and LGATs are cults) can use System 2 thinking only for its own purposes, such as designing and evaluating marketing, money management, spin, damage control.
A cult cannot tolerate it when someone applies System 2 thought to the cult itself - asking objective questions from an outside perspective.
Here is an article.
The Brain is a Machine For Jumping to Conclusions
[www.apa.org]
Two Kinds of Thinking System One and System Two
System 1 - Our pattern seeking, story telling mind. In reaction to uncertainty or confusion or stress, can use bits of information to create a story
System 1 can lead us into bad decisions unless balanced out with System 2
System 2 - Critical thinking, fact checking, awareness that a recommendation from a beloved friend is not necessarily trustworthy
In honest sales, true education and mature leadership, System 1 and System 2 thinking are combined and enhance each other.
In an abusive personal relationship (these can and have been defined as cultic) you can apply System 2 thought when discussing your relationship and your partner goes ballistic. In a healthy relationship you can discuss it using System 2 thought and your partner can share the discussion, not feel threatened.
In a cultic relationship, it is forbidden to apply System 2 thinking to the leader, the group, the teaching method.
In honest recruitment, system one and system two thought are used to recommend
an organization, person or relationship that will *continue* to support system one and system two thinking. In dishonest recruitment, you have a display of system one and system two thinking but it is used to recruit for an organization or relationship which, once you are in it, will, over time, devalue system two thinking and ruin your capacity to engage in critical thinking toward that person or organization.
(If say, coaching is genuine coaching, System 1 and System 2 thought are combined throughout. When it is indoctrination masquerading as coaching, you are forbidden to apply System 2 to the coaching method itself. )
The mark of an LGAT indoctrinated person is that you must never apply
System Two critical thinking to his or her jargon or ask about its background sources.
A cult (and LGATs are cults) can use System 2 thinking only for its own purposes, such as designing and evaluating marketing, money management, spin, damage control.
A cult cannot tolerate it when someone applies System 2 thought to the cult itself - asking objective questions from an outside perspective.
Here is an article.
The Brain is a Machine For Jumping to Conclusions
[www.apa.org]
Two Kinds of Thinking System One and System Two
System 1 - Our pattern seeking, story telling mind. In reaction to uncertainty or confusion or stress, can use bits of information to create a story
System 1 can lead us into bad decisions unless balanced out with System 2
System 2 - Critical thinking, fact checking, awareness that a recommendation from a beloved friend is not necessarily trustworthy
In honest sales, true education and mature leadership, System 1 and System 2 thinking are combined and enhance each other.
In an abusive personal relationship (these can and have been defined as cultic) you can apply System 2 thought when discussing your relationship and your partner goes ballistic. In a healthy relationship you can discuss it using System 2 thought and your partner can share the discussion, not feel threatened.
In a cultic relationship, it is forbidden to apply System 2 thinking to the leader, the group, the teaching method.
In honest recruitment, system one and system two thought are used to recommend
an organization, person or relationship that will *continue* to support system one and system two thinking. In dishonest recruitment, you have a display of system one and system two thinking but it is used to recruit for an organization or relationship which, once you are in it, will, over time, devalue system two thinking and ruin your capacity to engage in critical thinking toward that person or organization.
(If say, coaching is genuine coaching, System 1 and System 2 thought are combined throughout. When it is indoctrination masquerading as coaching, you are forbidden to apply System 2 to the coaching method itself. )