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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167 - How to Talk to People About Things (rebroadcast)
166 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change (rebroadcast)
165 - The Friendship Cure (rebroadcast)
164 - Meetings - Steven Rogelberg
163 - The Happiness Lab
162 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model (rebroadcast)
161 - Bad Habits
160 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
159 - Uncivil Agreement (rebroadcast)
158 - The AB Effect
157 - Pluralistic Ignorance
156 - Selfie (rebroadcast)
155 - Live in New York - Post Truth
154 - The Marshmallow Replication (rebroadcast)
153 - Happy Brain (rebroadcast)
152 - Status Quo Rationalization (rebroadcast)
151 - Behind the Curve
150 - Belief Change Blindness (rebroadcast)
149 - Bad Advice
148 - Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
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