"Cogito Ergo Sum" - I think, therefore I exist If we go by the words of Rene Descartes, most of us don't exist. Yes we live perfectly proper lives, get up in the morning, go to office, do our work, come back, watch TV, surf the net and a lot of other stuff. But when was the last time we thought objectively. Most of us these days don't have our individual opinions. In farmer parlance, we are sheep supposed to choose between Choice A and Choice B, both of which have been carefully thought of and provided by a 3rd party out to influence us. Our opinion on various subjects these days is rarely formed because we passionately believe in a cause or because we have objectively analyzed a particular situation to find out its various pros and cons to arrive at an opinion. Given the paucity of time, in our lives due to our preoccupation with social media, most of our opinion is formed on these platforms. And here is where a particular psychological phenomenon kicks in. ...