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the moment a room full of smart people agrees to be collectively stupid.
means a decision-making trap where the desire for consensus overrides realistic evaluation of alternatives.
from coined by psychologist Irving Janis in 1972 after studying disasters like the Bay of Pigs invasion, where brilliant advisors talked themselves into a terrible plan because nobody wanted to be the dissenter.
term borrowed fromorwell's 1984, twisted for psychology
key symptomillusion of unanimity nobody actually feels
famous case studynasa engineers silenced before challenger launch
cure namejanis called it a devil's advocate role