Chapter 468 Carr's Argument on Folk Psychology

"What do you mean?" Professor Snape still had a puzzled look on his face.

The smile on Carl's face became even more intense, and he took the piece of letter that Professor Snape threw on the table.

He turned it over again, casually picked up the feather pen beside him, and wrote on the blank back in gorgeous Gothic script.

“First, when an individual is integrated into a group, his or her individuality is submerged and his or her thoughts are quickly replaced by those of the group.”

“Second, groups tend to display characteristics of emotionality, lack of dissent, and low intelligence.”

“Third, in a group, the behavior of an individual is often unconscious and controlled by the group’s emotions and thoughts.”

“Fourth, group members are easily receptive to cues and quickly convert them into actions.”

“Fifth, the group’s reasoning ability is low. An individual’s IQ is easily weakened in a group, and their judgment will also decline.”

“Sixth, individuals in a group will show obvious herd mentality, which is prone to breed dogmatism, abandonment of responsibility, and stubborn paranoia.”

Looking at the six lines written by Carl, Professor Snape's expression became even more confused, as he was a top potion master.

He is a typical science talent who follows rigorous logic and exquisite mathematical formulas.

In the world of people like him, everything will eventually reach a wonderful balance. The prerequisite for achieving this balance is absolutely correct logic.

But at the moment, the six lines written by this bastard boy are not logical at all. On the contrary, they are all illogical and irrational.

In Professor Snape's eyes, this kind of thing is not allowed to exist and should not exist.

On the other hand, Carl was looking at Professor Snape with a smile on his face. He was very clear about the six definitions he had written.

This is unacceptable to Professor Snape, who will definitely deny these conclusions in his heart.

But this is exactly what he wanted. He did say that I would not force anyone, but this definitely does not include Professor Snape.

After all, it was this stinky bat who spoke of me first. In his eyes, I was not a human being, so there was no need for me to treat him as a human being.

So Karl spoke in a deliberately sarcastic tone.

"Is it a little hard to understand Professor? It's okay. As your best, most caring and well-behaved student."

"Of course I am willing to answer some questions that my most kind, gentle, and considerate professor is not good at."

"This is my duty as an ordinary student at Hogwarts."

"So you were waiting for me here." Professor Snape cursed in his heart, staring at Carl with a strange look on his face, and thought to himself.

"How shameless you are to give yourself so many titles. You are just an ordinary student."

"Compared to you, Voldemort is considered well-behaved and sensible. At least when he was in school, Hogwarts and the British wizarding world were not as chaotic as they are now."

"And that weird tone, who did you learn that from?!"

If Carl was like Dumbledore, who liked to use Legilimency whenever he had nothing to do, he would definitely say something sarcastic again.

"Of course it's because of you, my dear good professor."

But now, looking at Professor Snape's face that looked like he was eating shit, Carl still felt very happy, so he didn't wait for the other party to speak.

He continued speaking.

"If it's hard to understand these words, I can give you some simple examples and explain them using the formulas you are best at."

"If a wizard, who is usually known for his calmness and business acumen, hears news about the bond market."

"The probability that they will discover the risk is basically 100%. Do you agree with this?"

Professor Snape was completely stunned. He suddenly felt that what the bastard said was a little familiar.

Wasn't this just a replica of the arguments they had in their own home? Only then did he finally figure out what the little bastard's real purpose was.

It was just to take revenge for what I had said to him before. I didn't expect this guy to be so petty.

But no matter what, curiosity eventually overwhelmed all emotions, and Professor Snape nodded slightly to show his approval.

Carl, who had achieved initial success, continued.

"Very good then. The premise of the hypothesis is already in place, so let's continue to add the hypothesis that the wizard will make the judgment two weeks later."

"Suddenly he received an invitation from a very poor friend of his who had borrowed a lot of money from him but never paid it back."

"Today, I invited him to the bar for a drink for the first time, and said I would return the money to him. He showed up as promised."

"It turned out that the friend who was usually poor and destitute seemed to have made a fortune and kept paying back all the debts."

"I also gave him dozens of extra gold galleons as interest, and invited him to have a hearty drink."

"At the end of the whole banquet, the friend, under the influence of alcohol, told everyone present how he made his fortune, which was from trading in the securities market."

"When hearing this news, this shrewd wizard must have been 30% shaken."

"Do you agree with this?"

Snape nodded slightly and said nothing.

Carl continued.

"But this wizard was indeed too shrewd. After he sobered up the next day, he did not immediately go to the stock market."

"Instead, he returned to the bar yesterday and started to get some information. But when he arrived at the bar, he was surprised to find out."

"The topic of conversation in the entire bar has changed from yesterday's flourishing of various topics to a single topic, about the newly opened securities market."

"At the same time, there were wizards who had made a lot of money and came to the bar, put bags of gold galleons on the bar, and shouted that they would pay for all the consumption."

"For a moment, the sound of gold coins colliding and the shouts of countless other wizards made his heart beat faster and his blood vessels dilate."

"Finally, he couldn't help himself and decided to go to the securities market. At this moment, his heart was shaken by 30%, but he still maintained the bottom line of 40%."

"Do you agree with that?"

Professor Snape's brows began to frown. He had sensed something was wrong. The logic in the other party's words was very smooth.

However, it was this smooth logic that made him feel more and more unsatisfactory. Could it be that the most scientific method often leads to the most unscientific result?

On the other side, Carl looked at Professor Snape with a frown on his face, chuckled, and continued speaking.

"Now he came to the securities market, but instead of buying securities right away, he started wandering around."