''I'm not sure this belongs on WardsWiki, but I'm not strongly convinced either way.''

Me too, I extracted it, because it was interesting in itself and falls in line with FallaciousArgument''''''s etc., but I agree, that it stretches the boundary a bit.

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Why do cults exist? Why do people join and don't leave?

See 

* http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=MakingCultsBelievable  
* http://234.cx/socio-cult.html [BrokenLink]

Note: the former is a Wiki.

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See also
* DogmaticFallacy
* YouCantLearnSomethingUntilYouAlreadyAlmostKnowIt

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CategoryEducation