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The false-consensus effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the degree to which their beliefs and behaviors are shared by others. This phenomenon could explain why some people with extreme opinions wrongly assume that a large portion of the population agrees with them.
The false-consensus effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the degree to which their beliefs and behaviors are shared by others. This phenomenon could explain why some people with extreme opinions wrongly assume that a large portion of the population agrees with them.
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The false-consensus effect is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the degree to which their beliefs and behaviors are shared by others. This phenomenon could explain why some people with extreme opinions wrongly assume that a large portion of the population agrees with them.