Be the Free Guy: Social-Proof Conformity Crumbles with Simple Action by One Person

Don't be a conformist! Group pressure doesn't mean the group is correct. I believe that the anger many experience today is the cognitive dissonance of attempting to accept an idea they know is wrong.

"A famous conformity experiment developed by Solomon Asch in the 1950s, provides stunning evidence of our willingness to follow the crowd — despite the evidence of our own eyes. Social proof, a powerful force in molding behavior, has become a political tool, amplified by social media, mainstream media and academia. But there's a simple remedy also revealed in the Asch conformity experiments that requires action by only one person — you."

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/ [login to see] 514-017/html
https://www.jstor.org/stable/24943779
https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fh0093718