  One may however insist, that not only reality exists but also other  people with other thought styles. Can they not convince us that our thought style is erroneous? No—for every human thinks that those who belong to the same thought collective as she does are “normal” and authoritative, and everybody else is disregarded as more or less “abnormal” (1938). Since everybody’s attention is directed at members of one’s collective, one finds confirmation of one’s own views everywhere. Moreover, the conviction that we have possessed truth is empowered by the circulation of thoughts between esoteric and exoteric circles. Laymen accept a specialist’s opinion as revelation, and when that opinion returns from laypersons to the specialist, she considers it the people’s voice confirming her achievements.