Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In the 1950s, a psychic predicted the world would end, but that she and her followers would be rescued by alien Jesus. Even more fascinating, psychologist Leon Festinger documented the whole thing. Did they change their minds? And what can their ordeal tell us about our own thinking?

Learn more: The person who lies to you the most is you: thinkingispower.com/the-person-who-lies-to-you-the-most-is-you

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