Yet, as important as conformity is, we are not very good at estimating group consensus.
We assume the majority in a group are those with the loudest voices that are repeated the most often. Unfortunately, this can lead us to adopt beliefs that the majority never really held, resulting in collective illusions that become a reality.
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