Will Storr
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It's got all those things to it.
And that's a big part of it is worried about being shamed and cast out of the group.
Which is terrifying for people.
So they're willing to say and believe things that aren't that logical just if they can stay in the group.
I learned that when I started doing martial arts.
Because one of the things that was really interesting about the martial arts world is it's very cult-like.
Especially when I did it in like the 80s, the early 80s when I started.
They were, you know, they were the masters.
You know, you bow when you enter the – I was so committed to this that I had this girlfriend when I was in high school.
And I had the keys to the gym because I would work out there like anytime I wanted.
I taught classes there and stuff.
And she wanted to have sex.
I was like, I can't do it here.
This is not, this can't happen here.
At like 17, I was so horny and so stupid.