“At the scale of a group, repeated local influences among group members may give rise to complex patterns of opinion dynamics such as consensus formation, polarization, or fragmentation [8]–[11]. For example, it has been shown that people sharing similar extreme opinions, such as racial prejudices, tend to strengthen their judgment and confidence after interacting with one another [12]. Similar mechanisms of opinion dynamics can take place in a variety of social contexts.” AND, OF COURSE; Everyone understands, excepts and completely relies on the naysayers, skeptics and pseudo-scientists to be totally free of any preconceived notions, biases, social/peer pressure, or any other, "mechanisms of opinion dynamics", when posting or publishing their bleats. Spare me!
The science of opinion ...
Some may find this interesting (it is).
Some may find this threatening (it isn't, it is science).
Some may read it and use it to help them understand the dynamics of internet forums.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078433
Some may find this threatening (it isn't, it is science).
Some may read it and use it to help them understand the dynamics of internet forums.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078433
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@duckworp- " What always amazes me is the question as to what motivates these people? Why do so many people want to spend their short life telling people that they are buying snake oil and telling them to do double blind tests and repeating this ad infinitum. It is pointless. Why do they do it?" It’s their desperate attempt at being relevant, perhaps?
(https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/relevance)
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