157 - Pluralistic Ignorance by You Are Not So Smart published on 2019-07-01T04:09:53Z 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, the majority of the people believe that the majority of the people in a group believe what, in truth, the minority of the members 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. -- Show Notes at: youarenotsosmart.com -- -- Become a patron at: www.patreon.com/youarenotsosmart -- SPONSORS • The Great Courses Plus: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart Genre Science Comment by ∞ cool, now I have a name for that behaviour 2021-01-23T06:21:26Z Comment by An Bas Miller speaks 2020-11-03T15:58:15Z Comment by An Bas Jim Jones speaking 2020-11-03T15:54:06Z Comment by An Bas campanhas anti álcool mais efetivas 2019-07-24T15:13:14Z Comment by lecrincle the formalisation of this concept is what i am grateful for in this podcast 2019-07-12T20:53:58Z Comment by Maria Dellamano Dude thats the exact thought i had! “PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE” sludge crust 2019-07-02T23:05:51Z