"Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation—the test of a first-rate intelligence is th…"

"Very rare is the person who will resolve psychological dissonance by saying, "Actually, I am a monster.""

"Somewhere between the primordial soup and the dirty cell phone pic, our minds invented a sneaky way to course-correct…"

"Cognitive dissonance is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two conflicting ideas simultaneously."

"If a given activity fails and it causes the death of a follower, it is because the rest of the group had insufficient…"

"By turning over all their possessions, members were making an irreversible commitment to the cult. Once such a commit…"

"The Court finds, based upon the evidence introduced at trial, that Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights were introduc…"

"Most people are not liars. They can't tolerate too much cognitive dissonance. I don't want to deny that there are out…"

"He accepts scientific findings, on the same grounds we do, unless those findings challenge or refute his existing bel…"

"In the state of ultimate commitment, a true believer feels better for having raised and or given money to the cause. …"