There are several ways to define pluralistic ignorance, and that’s because it’s kind of a brain twister when you try to put it into words. On certain issues, most people people believe that most people believe what, in truth, few people believe. Or put another way, it is the erroneous belief that the majority is acting in a way that matches its internal philosophies, and that you are one of a small number of people who feel differently, when in reality the majority agrees with you on the inside but is afraid to admit it outright or imply such through its behavior. Everyone in a group, at the same time, gets stuck following a norm that no one wants to follow, because everyone is carrying a shared, false belief about everyone else’s unshared true beliefs.
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Show Notes
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026 - Maslow's Hammer
025 - Enclothed Cognition - Hajo Adam
024 - Sleep - Richard Wiseman
023 - Inbetweenisode 4 - The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight
022 - Survivorship Bias - Megan Price
021 - Inbetweenisode 3 - Christina Draganich
020 - The Future - James Burke and Matt Novak
019 - The Placebo Effect - Kristi Erdal
018 - Inbetweenisode - The Benjamin Franklin Effect
016 - Conspiracy Theories - Steven Novella and Jesse Walker
015 - Inbetweenisode - Narrative Bias
014 - Narratives - Melanie C. Green
013 - Technology - Clive Thompson
012 - Jealousy
011 - Culture
010 - Perversion
009 - Arguing
008 - Video Games
007 - Common Sense
004 - Money
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