PoopMobile9000 t1_itpxpo5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:28 PM

Reply to comment by ShalmaneserIII 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

That’s different. The concept I mentioned is “social proof” and about individuals instinctively copying the behavior of others. Chesterton’s fence is about not disrupting rules or systems without understanding where the rules came from.

(Ie, I learned about social proof in intro psych, and Chersterton’s fence in law school.)