The Fundamentalist Mormons, Isn't It?

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The fundamentalist mormonns, where they still practise polygamy in these kind of border states between colorado and northern arizona, utah and so on. All of their approval comes from being there, from wanting to be in that situation. And i don't think really recognized that if they stepped back from it, they would see the extent to which all this was scripted for.

In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion — explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Shermer and Cialdini discuss: Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence and 7 Principles of Persuasion, pluralistic ignorance, free will/determinism, cults, conformity, #BLM, #metoo, antiracism, social justice, and human rights. How rational are humans? Do we default to truth and naturally believe what people tell us? Are we natural-born skeptics or natural-born sheep?