When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World
Recommended by Richard Bentall Fbpe Climate Terrorist & Rejoiner, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #63 in Social Engineering
2009 reprint of 1956 First edition. When Prophecy Fails [1956] is a classic text in social psychology authored by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. It chronicles the experience of a UFO cult that believed the end of the world was at hand. In effect, it is a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world, and the adjustments made when the prediction failed to materialize. "The authors have done something as laudable as it is unusual for social psychologists. They espied a fleeting social movement important to a line of research... more
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Richard Bentall Fbpe Climate Terrorist & Rejoiner @MikeSjw Most economic forecasts have been pretty much right. Try again. Or just keep sticking your head in the sand, whatever. BTW I've just read Festinger's 'When prophecy fails' (classic book that introduced concept of cognitive dissonance). He'd love you. (Source)
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