This is a clever redo of the social psych experiments of Solomon Asch. We should teach this to every student in as early as grade school. Most of us are wired to be compliant and willfully-ignorant sheep.

Simon Goddek:

This is how herd mentality works!

There’s a fascinating experiment where an unsuspecting person steps into an elevator. Everyone else inside—actors in on the trick—looks away from the door, facing a mirror instead. It only takes a few floors before the lone individual abandons common sense and follows the crowd, turning toward the wrong direction.

This is the essence of herd mentality: people parroting what they think is correct simply because everyone else does it. Social pressure drowns out critical thinking. This behavior is rampant—on X, in politics, and in society at large.

But true integrity means resisting this pull. It means thinking critically and refusing to be manipulated by larger players with agendas. During COVID, I didn’t cave to the narrative. I stood firm. And I’ll do the same when it comes to the climate scam, electric cars, media-driven conflicts like the Russia-Ukraine war, and even cultural taboos like speaking out against a minority that’s literally owning the majority of American congressmen.

As a scientist, I rely on data, logic, and evidence—not slogans or trends. That’s why I’m hard to manipulate. It’s not about following the crowd; it’s about standing for the truth, no matter how unpopular it may seem.