I suspect that the idea of a visible group identification symbol would evoke an immediate cringe from most regular readers of this forum. If you feel a strong urge to belong to a group and show that you belong to the others, a loose collection of people who are interested in improving their thinking patterns is a poor candidate for such a group.
I understand that other people have different feelings about in-group identification, and so I sympathize with the idea. That being said, I have a pretty strong negative reaction to identity symbols. It would essentially be an explicit gesture that some people are part of the tribe and other people aren’t. It’s hard to explain exactly why, but I would probably be less likely to interact with the community by a non-trivial amount if this because widespread.
I suspect that the idea of a visible group identification symbol would evoke an immediate cringe from most regular readers of this forum. If you feel a strong urge to belong to a group and show that you belong to the others, a loose collection of people who are interested in improving their thinking patterns is a poor candidate for such a group.
I understand that other people have different feelings about in-group identification, and so I sympathize with the idea. That being said, I have a pretty strong negative reaction to identity symbols. It would essentially be an explicit gesture that some people are part of the tribe and other people aren’t. It’s hard to explain exactly why, but I would probably be less likely to interact with the community by a non-trivial amount if this because widespread.