Reality Bites (#249)
One of my favorite books is Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson’s excellent study of a powerful psychological force: cognitive dissonance.
In a particularly memorable section, the authors examined the followers of cult leaders who predicted that the world was going to end on a specific date, and told everyone to prepare. W…
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