Groupthink

HOUSTON — At NASA, it really is rocket science, and the decision makers really are rocket scientists. But a body of research that is getting more and more attention points to the ways that smart people working collectively can be dumber than the sum of their brains. JOHN SCHWARTZ and MATTHEW L. WALD / NY Times 9mar03 http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Smart-People-Dumber9mar03.htm