2007-12-27 each of our individual voices is important
{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{#vardefine:Date|2007-12-27}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Date}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|2007-12-27}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|[[{{#var:Date}}]]}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\conformity}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\conformity}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2007/12/each-of-our-individual-voices-is-more.html}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://georgewashington.blogspot.com/2007/12/each-of-our-individual-voices-is-more.html}}{{#vardefine:Title%7Ceach of our individual voices is important}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|each of our individual voices is important}}{{#vardefine:Text|“Three-quarters of the subjects in Asch's experiment gave a "conforming" answer at least once. A third of the subjects conformed more than half the time. ... Adding a single dissenter - just one other person who gives the correct answer, or even an incorrect answer that's different from the group's incorrect answer - reduces conformity very sharply, down to 5-10%.” This indicates both how easy it is to control people when you limit their access to views you don't control and how crucial it is, if control is your goal, to eliminate dissent as quickly as possible.}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|“Three-quarters of the subjects in Asch's experiment gave a "conforming" answer at least once. A third of the subjects conformed more than half the time. ... Adding a single dissenter - just one other person who gives the correct answer, or even an incorrect answer that's different from the group's incorrect answer - reduces conformity very sharply, down to 5-10%.” This indicates both how easy it is to control people when you limit their access to views you don't control and how crucial it is, if control is your goal, to eliminate dissent as quickly as possible.}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}