Leon Festinger

When Prophecy Fails

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  • Yulia Yurchakhas quoted6 months ago
    A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point.
  • Piotr Cyganhas quotedlast year
    The presence of supporting co-believers would seem to be an indispensable requirement for recovery from such extreme disconfirmation.
  • Piotr Cyganhas quotedlast year
    The five conditions we listed were these:

    1. There must be conviction.

    2. There must be commitment to this conviction.

    3. The conviction must be amenable to unequivocal disconfirmation.

    4. Such unequivocal disconfirmation must occur.

    5. Social support must be available subsequent to the disconfirmation.
  • Piotr Cyganhas quotedlast year
    five conditions we listed were these:

    1. There must be conviction.

    2. There must be commitment to this conviction.

    3. The conviction must be amenable to unequivocal disconfirmation.

    4. Such unequivocal disconfirmation must occur.

    5. Social support must be available subsequent to the disconfirmation.
  • Piotr Cyganhas quoted2 years ago
    Two opinions, or beliefs, or items of knowledge are dissonant with each other if they do not fit together
  • Piotr Cyganhas quoted2 years ago
    Two opinions, or beliefs, or items of knowledge are dissonant with each other if they do not fit together
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