:) thank you, it sounds good to being called a friend.
I think though, that we are super-ripe to go beyond superstition (what you call group think), at least, the potential lays in the open. The absurdity of this time is a great chance to look through it. I mean, how obvious shall it get? In the long run, that is what I like to believe, this new apocalyptic scenario got more people to re-consider their world view or to request what they formerly believed in in a more profound way. At least this counts for myself. From a moderate freedom loving mind I turned into someone, which questions now almost everything I believed in so far.
Cheers, friend.