When Prophecy Fails
Type: Book
As of November 2026, When Prophecy Fails has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Diary Of A CEO (Nov 2025).
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World is a classic work of social psychology by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, published in 1956, detailing a study of a small UFO religion in Chicago called the Seekers that believed in an imminent apocalypse. The authors took a particular interest in the members' coping mechanisms after the event did not occur, focusing on the cognitive dissonance between the mem
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on The Diary Of A CEO |
| Author | Leon Festinger |
| Published | 1956 |
| Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
| Subjects | disconfirmation behavior, news media, Prophecies |
| ISBN | 9781365955716 |
| Genre | disconfirmation behavior, news media, Prophecies |
Who talks about When Prophecy Fails on podcasts?
When Prophecy Fails came up; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on The Diary Of A CEO.
What is When Prophecy Fails mentioned alongside?
When Prophecy Fails is most often mentioned alongside Transformer, chat GPT and Harvard Business Review.
Mentioned together: Transformer, chat GPT, Harvard Business Review, Gemini, GitHub, Jonathan Haidt, DeepMind, Google Deep Mind, A Very She & Him Christmas, Kamal Harris