《乌合之众·第一编·群体的心理·群体的情感与道德》第9节
The mechanism of a collective hallucination of the kind we have explained is clearly seen at work in this example. On the one hand we have a crowd in a state of expectant attention, on the other a suggestion made by the watch signalling a disabled vessel at sea, a suggestion which, by a process of contagion, was accepted by all those present, both officers and sailors.
注释摘要
勒庞在这里用“贝勒·普尔号”军舰的集体幻觉案例，来演示他所说的群体心理机制如何在现实中运转。他要证明的是一个看似悖逆常识的命题：一群人亲眼所见的事物，不但不比单个人看到的更可靠，反而可能是一套彻底的虚构，而虚构之所以能征服所有人，恰是因为他们都处在人群之中。 这个案例的构建极为精巧。军舰上的全体官兵，从瞭望哨到高级军官，在大白天、阳光充足的条件下，一致看到…