And he's right, he is more special. He is also ready to explain you how to become special - a better you.
Imagine that a person is in fact brainwashed - how would she react to someone trying to explain it to her? Would she perhaps become defensive? How would she go about discovering if she is brainwashed or not? How would she go about changing that?
I submit it is in fact nearly impossible to use one's own world view to understand the limits of one's own world view. The best way to explore the boundary is to listen to someone who has gone further than yourself in a given direction.
The other great option is to look for people with a more limited world view than your own, pay attention to patterns of behaviors and convictions that make those people limited and then look for the same patterns in yourself. I have made many great self-discoveries using this tactic.
Imagine that a person is in fact brainwashed - how would she react to someone trying to explain it to her? Would she perhaps become defensive? How would she go about discovering if she is brainwashed or not? How would she go about changing that?
I submit it is in fact nearly impossible to use one's own world view to understand the limits of one's own world view. The best way to explore the boundary is to listen to someone who has gone further than yourself in a given direction.
The other great option is to look for people with a more limited world view than your own, pay attention to patterns of behaviors and convictions that make those people limited and then look for the same patterns in yourself. I have made many great self-discoveries using this tactic.