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In 1986 the space shuttle Challenger tragically and fatally broke apart 73 secons into flight
The experts who gave the go aheah ignored technical warning signs in favour of agreeing with their collegues
As a group, we sometimes collectively agree on thngs we don’t truely believe just to avoid conflict.
See the full study here :
Janis, I. (1991). Groupthink. In E. Griffin (Ed.) A First Look atCommunication Theory (pp. 235 – 246). New York: McGrawHill https://williamwolff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/griffin-groupthink-challenger.pdf