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Con­for­mity Bias

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Conformity bias is a tendency to behave similarly to the others in a group, even if doing so goes against your own judgment.

Blog posts

See also

Lonely Dissent

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 28, 2007, 4:23 AM
169 points
91 comments4 min readLW link

The Unilat­er­al­ist’s “Curse” Is Mostly Good

David HornbeinApr 13, 2020, 10:48 PM
93 points
16 comments2 min readLW link

Asch Con­for­mity Could Ex­plain the Con­junc­tion Fallacy

curiAug 6, 2020, 9:46 PM
7 points
1 comment5 min readLW link

Vari­a­tion on con­for­mity experiment

[deleted]Nov 6, 2010, 6:24 PM
28 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Conformity

Douglas_ReayNov 2, 2012, 7:02 PM
14 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Con­test­ing the “Na­ture” Of Con­for­mity: What Mil­gram and Zim­bardo’s Stud­ies Really Show

[deleted]Dec 2, 2012, 11:45 PM
16 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

A study in Science on mem­ory conformity

dvasyaJul 15, 2011, 5:30 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

The File Drawer Effect and Con­for­mity Bias (Elec­tion Edi­tion)

SalemicusMay 8, 2015, 4:51 PM
48 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

Are mass hal­lu­ci­na­tions a real thing?

Scott AlexanderOct 3, 2010, 8:15 PM
17 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

Notes on Re­spect-for-Others

David GrossNov 12, 2020, 11:33 PM
13 points
1 comment10 min readLW link

Asch’s Con­for­mity Experiment

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 26, 2007, 7:03 AM
68 points
67 comments4 min readLW link

Why Aca­demic Papers Are A Ter­rible Dis­cus­sion Forum

alyssavanceJun 20, 2012, 6:15 PM
44 points
53 comments6 min readLW link

On Ex­press­ing Your Concerns

Eliezer YudkowskyDec 27, 2007, 4:04 AM
62 points
38 comments3 min readLW link

Asches to Asches

Scott AlexanderJun 4, 2014, 2:16 AM
64 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Over­cor­rect­ing in AGI Timeline Fore­casts in the cur­rent AI boom

HerambApr 10, 2023, 4:43 PM
8 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

The Modern Prob­lems with Conformity

Zero ContradictionsJul 13, 2024, 8:20 AM
0 points
5 comments1 min readLW link
(expandingrationality.substack.com)

The Hid­den Ori­gins of Ideas

cleonidMar 28, 2009, 2:27 AM
5 points
7 comments1 min readLW link
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