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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267 - Do Your Own Research - Sedona Chinn
266 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood
265 - Chess Queens - Jennifer Shahade (rebroadcast)
264 - Nobody's Fool - Dan Simons and Christopher Chabris
263 - The Truth Wins - Tom Stafford (rebroadcast)
262 - If It Sounds Like a Quack - Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
261 - Hack Your Bureaucracy - Marina Nitze
260 - The Science of Stuck - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)
259 - Think Again - Adam Grant (rebroadcast)
258 - Under Alien Skies - Phil Plait
257 - What Do You Mean? - Celeste Kidd
256 - The Persuaders - Anand Giridharadas
255 - Good Arguments - Bo Seo
254 - I Never Thought of It That Way - Mónica Guzmán
253 - The World's Greatest Con - Brian Brushwood (rebroadcast)
252 - Procrastination - Britt Frank
251 - Come up for Air - Nick Sonnenberg
250 - Awe - Dacher Keltner
249 - The Power of Surprise (rebroadcast)
248 - Visual Thinking - Temple Grandin
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