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When Prophecy Fails

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Psychology book by Leon Festinger studying cognitive dissonance in a UFO cult whose predicted apocalypse didn't occur.

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"He wrote this book called When Prophecy Fails and it's a really fascinating story where he was looking in a newspaper and he saw an announcement for the end of the world."
From: Joe Rogan Experience #2419 - John Lisle • ▶ 1:37:34 • Nov 2025

Attribution: John Lisle describes Leon Festinger's book as a fascinating psychological study of cognitive dissonance