Comments on: Torture Debate: Your Inner UFO Cultist

By: The Torture Debate, UFO Cults, and People Impervious to Changing Their Minds « Prometheus Unbound

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:39:25 +0000

[...] a comment » Ryan Sager sees a connection: I have yet to see a single pundit or politician change his of her position on torture or [...]

By: Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - Being Barack means never having to say you’re sorry - True/Slant

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:27:06 +0000

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Ryan Sager - Neuroworld - The Roots of Anti-Vaccine Insanity - True/Slant — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:57:07 +0000

[...] that’s not how humans work. I explained in another post the story of Marian Keech and the Seekers. In short, Keech headed up a UFO cult in the 1950s. Earth [...]

By: Learning to Trust No One, Not Even Yourself | freda lewis hall

Learning to Trust No One, Not Even Yourself | freda lewis hall — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:16:52 +0000

[...] Of course no one is being that logical. No one is ever that logical. Ryan Sanger explains: [...]

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Entertainment Blogs » Blog Archive » Evidence And Minds — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:56:23 +0000

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psychology today : clusterflock — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:14:13 +0000

[...] After a week’s-worth of revelations about the U.S. torture program, have people changed their minds? [...]

By: Learning to Trust No One, Not Even Yourself « Just Above Sunset

Learning to Trust No One, Not Even Yourself « Just Above Sunset — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:20:10 +0000

[...] Of course no one is being that logical. No one is ever that logical. Ryan Sanger explains: [...]

By: Ryan Sager

Ryan Sager — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:50:53 +0000

Designbot:

Millerites are definitely a great example. I’m just reading about them now in “When Prophecy Fails,” the book that details the Seekers cult.

Plenty of examples throughout history, though we don’t always have a lot of hard facts about their activities.

By: designbot

designbot — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:47:41 +0000

See also: The Great Disappointment. Based on elaborate calculations involving the books of Daniel and Revelations, thousands of Millerites eagerly awaited Jesus's second coming on October 22, 1844. When the day came and went, the Millerites just tweaked their interpretation a little bit and became the modern-day Seventh-Day Adventists. To this day you can still attend Revelation Seminars throughout the country using basically the same calculations and charts from 1844 to prove that Jesus' return is just around the corner.

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Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:51:19 +0000

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