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Thanks, but I don't really grok the analogy - does anyone have as their special place a fictional place created on a film lot by landscapers and set designers.

Thanks, but I don't really grok the analogy - does anyone have as their special place a fictional place created on a film lot by landscapers and set designers. It all makes people happy, and I'm definitely for that, but it's a lie built on a lie - living vicariously through celebrities, and constructing lies in which we choose to rest our notions of self-worth .. I don't know about that. Now, excuse me whilst I go tell my children that Jedberg responded to me online ;o)

jedberg 6y ago
It's not an analogy. It's just psychology. Your brain is wired to activate areas that are attached to each other. A smell from your childhood evokes a physical response in the brain that makes you happy (or sad, depending on the childhood). It's the same with a celebrity. You physically feel good when you see that celebrity because in the past you felt good when you saw that celebrity.