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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Sophie.
And I'm Neil.
Here's a coffee, Sophie.
Neil, remember that staff meeting we had yesterday?
Why did you agree to having decaf coffee in the kitchen when I know you don't like it and neither do I?
It's just that the boss said that decaffeinated coffee,
that's coffee with the caffeine removed,
was a good idea, healthier, you know.
And then everyone else agreed and I, I don't know,
I just felt uncomfortable disagreeing with everyone.
Well, it's interesting you should say that, Neil.
Groupthink is the subject of today's show.
Groupthink refers to the type of bad decisions we make when we are in a group.
Decisions that are contrary to or against what we really think.
A psychology experiment, conducted in the 1950s,
showed that a lot of people do exactly that.
They submit to the will of the group.
But before we hear more about this,