Podcasts that mention 📚 When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, Stanley Schachter

and uh this was so interesting to these scientists who conducted this that they wrote a book about it uh back in 1957 I think called when prophecy fails and they summed it up like this but we've said it before but they were in the trenches on the research they said quote a man with conviction is a hard man to change Tell them you disagree and he turns away Show him facts or figures and he questioned your sources appealed to logic and he fails to see your point Suppose he is presented with evidence unequivocal and undeniable evidence that his belief is wrong What will happen The individual will frequently emerge not not only unshaken but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before

The hosts discuss a study on cognitive dissonance by Leon Festinger and colleagues, mentioning that the scientists wrote a book about it called 'When Prophecy Fails' and then quoting a passage from the book.

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