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ShalmaneserIII t1_itpf6vx wrote

Reply to comment by soks86 in TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious. by Amateur_Validator

> Further on the topic, how would you find people who exhibit group-think immunity?

For that matter, how would you get them to participate in the test properly?

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soks86 t1_itqlxcx wrote

Oh, I think you can use the same testing method.

One could argue the group-think people didn't participate because had they been paying attention they would have the right answer. Or is it that they didn't trust themselves?

I mean, assuming people won't participate is kinda... tangential to the issue?

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