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. Strange and harmful behavior can follow from the fact that, on certain issues, most people believe that most people believe what, in truth, few people believe. Or put another way, pluralistic ignorance 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.<a href="https://psych.princeton.edu/person/deborah-prentice" rel="noopener noreferrer">Deborah Prentice’s Website</a><a href="https://www.robbwiller.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robb Willer’s Website</a><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=GhostfaceWiller" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robb Willer’s Twitter</a><a href="https://www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Minds Change</a><a href="https://twitter.com/davidmcraney" rel="noopener noreferrer">David McRaney’s Twitter</a><a href="https://twitter.com/notsmartblog" rel="noopener noreferrer">YANSS Twitter</a><a href="https://you-are-not-so-smart.simplecast.com/episodes/www.youarenotsosmart.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Show Notes</a><a href="https://davidmcraney.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Newsletter</a> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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