The Final Pattern 2nd edition: The Critical Need For Critical Thinking, 2nd Edition.

Why does history repeat itself? Why do people think that they will get away with being unscrupulous? Criminals say, "I was out of control...I wasn't thinking properly...I don't know why I did it...but I'm o.k. now.” Their victims say, “We didn't think she was capable of that.” War after war. Dictator after dictator. Think how common it is for the human brain to become deviated from the "norm": pseudoscience, alternative medicine, ridiculous ideological movements, laws broken, people maltreated, atrocities committed, even mass hysteria? Have you ever thought, "The opposition must be idiots!! Are they really that stupid, or ignorant or uneducated? Maybe they are suffering from a mass delusion, or are they just crazy? "The Final Pattern contains a theory with universal relevance. A theory that may be applied to any thought, opinion, idea, or endeavor that has ever been imagined by humans, no matter what their gender, nationality, creed, or era of history. The theory not only identifies the origin of these problems, it also presents the solution. A relatively simple solution, with almost no monetary cost, only one of admission. When there's a problem, and you want to point fingers, often your target should be a mirror.