Amateur_Validator
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.
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Amateur_Validator OP t1_itnnm9d wrote
Reply to 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
It was found that nearly 75% of the time, participants went along with the group and answered incorrectly. The results show that people are heavily influenced by mob-mentality, and that in real life, where things aren't as clear cut as the length of a line, conformity can be even more significant.