How Social Pressure Shapes What We Believe
People rarely form beliefs in complete isolation. Family, friends, institutions, communities and wider culture influence which ideas feel normal, respectable or dangerous.
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Why Popular Beliefs Are Not Necessarily True
Large numbers of people can share the same mistaken belief. Popularity may tell us something about culture, authority or human psychology, but it does not by itself tell us whether a belief is true.
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