By Mark Tyrrell

We are all surrounded by the opinions of others – perhaps more so now than ever before. How can you be sure your thoughts are your own?

It’s quite astonishing to realize how comprehensively the workings of human nature, only recently clearly established by psychological research, have been explored and described in the richest detail in stories that are hundreds, and even thousands, of years old.

I’m sure you know the ancient story of ‘The king’s new clothes’. A dishonest tailor promises the king he can make him the most fabulous outfit for an upcoming public occasion …

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