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===Problem #2 - The myth of men drowning in concrete=== | ===Problem #2 - The myth of men drowning in concrete=== | ||
From an engineering perspective, this story is so implausible it is funny. But that is the lengths that people will go to because of [[Cognitive | From an engineering perspective, this story is so implausible it is funny. But that is the lengths that people will go to because of [[Cognitive Dissonance|cognitive dissonance]]. | ||
This is a story that is also told of the Hoover Dam. The workers were entombed in concrete but the pour couldn't be stopped and they were left dead in the concrete. | This is a story that is also told of the Hoover Dam. The workers were entombed in concrete but the pour couldn't be stopped and they were left dead in the concrete. | ||