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Liz LaSorte's avatar

When you look at Covid-19 as the global human experiment that Covid was, Solomon Asch could have predicted the outcome in the 1950s. In his conformity experiment, only 10%-30% of the people are strong enough in their own opinions/beliefs that they won’t conform to what they know is wrong, while the majority (mob) – conform, no matter how outlandish the idea. It’s crazy to think that nearly 70% bow down to mob opinion.

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Alzaebo's avatar

Apparently, that's what they were measuring. Also, it was a system test, checking for extent and strength of the web, while looking for weak spots and resistance.

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