&gt;&gt; <i>if the &quot;lower&quot; individuals would experience anything of the meta-experience.</i><p>&gt; <i>Have a look at a stadium full of people watching a football match. It really does from some angle look as if there are two giant organisms.</i><p>Moreover, if you look at the phenomena like &quot;the wave&quot; (aka. Mexican wave), it seems that the &quot;lower&quot; individuals do experience something more in such a group than they do in small crowds. I&#x27;ve heard that being in a big crowd can in some way override individual instincts and reasoning patterns.