Distinguishing between «wisdom of the crowds» and «mob rule» or «
mass hallucination» may be difficult in the implementation phase;O)
Take the scene early on in which the film's heroes — an all - female government expedition, led by biologist Lena (Natalie Portman), tasked with exploring a quarantined zone known only as «Area X» — encounter a mutated alligator large enough to be mistaken for a small dinosaur, surreal enough to be
a mass hallucination.
Many would question it as a computer generated stunt, or an incident of
mass hallucination.
There is no guarantee in the records that the Easter appearances were not a series of hallucinations, including
a mass hallucination of the five hundred people.
Other theories (Jesus swooned, they stole the body,
mass hallucinations) simply don't have the same explanatory power.
Not exact matches
A modern skeptic might argue that the appearances were the result of
mass and individual
hallucinations induced by grief and guilt; however, one would never convince Paul and the others that this was a legitimate reading of their experience.
I would vote «against» it remaining open since, despite the
mass -
hallucination of its validity, it is factually, provably not based in reality... but in the name of fighting the good fight, here's an explanation of voting: