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		peteretep on Sept 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to confuse a moral compass: Survey 'magic tric... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini#6_key_principle... See: "Commitment and Consistency"

conanite on Sept 20, 2012 [–]

Scott Adams (of Dilbert), also inspired by Cialdini, found an excellent use for the consistency principle. See [0] (text possibly nsfw)

[0] http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/03/toda...

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