Over or Under Active
If the system is overactive, the input energy reduces, if it is underactive, the input energy increases.
This is why fear is such a potent weapon. It keeps people in an overreactive fight-or-flight state, so they can’t see things as they really are, and do whatever they are told to feel safe and fit in with the herd.
They are blinded by the illusion of the extreme point, which has high energy, and believe they are right no matter how logical the evidence is that they are completely wrong.
