HSRP-599

In Asch's studies a partner who broke a unanimous majority cut conformity sharply, even with a wrong answer of his own; the about-5% figure belongs to the partner who gave the right answer, and the break frees judgment without settling who is right.

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-599
Category
Civilizational Analysis
Grade
ESTABLISHED
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
Not recorded — added to the register in supplement 027
Last revised
2026-10-13
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-599

2. The claim, in full

In Asch's studies a partner who broke a unanimous majority cut conformity sharply, even with a wrong answer of his own; the about-5% figure belongs to the partner who gave the right answer, and the break frees judgment without settling who is right.

Cited on: /the-hive-mind, WHAT FOLLOWS › The recognition effect. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W4d-2.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

No source is linked to this observation in the register.

5. Counter-evidence

No counter-evidence is recorded in the register for this observation as of 2026-10-13. No search for counter-evidence has been recorded for this observation.

6. Why this grade

ESTABLISHED; the break freeing judgment WORKING

The register defines ESTABLISHED as: Supported directly by primary texts or published findings.

7. Correction history

2026-10-13
BATCH 5 of the /the-hive-mind slimming: explanation moved here from OTHER NAMES, WHO BUILDS THE HIVE, WHERE THE EVIDENCE STANDS or WHAT FOLLOWS — wording unchanged. The page's reference numbers were converted to SRC numbers at extraction.

8. Related observations

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

10. Open questions

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11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "category": "CIV",
  "title": "In Asch's studies a partner who broke a unanimous majority cut conformity sharply, even with a wrong answer of his own; the about-5% figure belongs to the partner who gave the right answer, and the break frees judgment without settling who is right.",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /the-hive-mind, WHAT FOLLOWS › The recognition effect. Entered 2026-10-12 with the /the-hive-mind rewrite; tag NEW-W4d-2.",
  "n": 599,
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    "HSRP-324",
    "HSRP-426",
    "HSRP-444",
    "HSRP-461",
    "HSRP-462",
    "HSRP-509",
    "HSRP-556",
    "HSRP-572",
    "HSRP-575",
    "HSRP-577",
    "HSRP-579",
    "HSRP-601",
    "HSRP-602",
    "HSRP-603"
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  "category_name": "Civilizational Analysis",
  "supplement": "027",
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      "statement": "One ally. In Solomon Asch's line-judging studies, people facing a unanimous majority that gave a plainly wrong answer went along on 36.8 percent of their answers; alone, they erred less than 1 percent of the time [SRC-423]. One partner who broke the unanimity cut that sharply. A partner who gave the right answer brought yielding down to between about 5.5 and 9 percent, by the sources' differing figures [SRC-423] [SRC-424]; those figures are for that partner, not for one who gave a different wrong answer. A partner who broke from the majority with a wrong answer of his own also cut yielding sharply, by a figure the sources do not yet agree on [SRC-423]. What freed people was the visible break in unanimity, not the right answer. That cuts both ways: the same break can free people from a correct majority. An ally frees a person to judge; it does not settle who is right. The reader's test does that."
    }
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