Re:Conformity Excuses
by frenchie4111 on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @03:46PM
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Even if we assume that all of the beliefs (eg: likes/dislikes) of all actors are logical (and not just because our friends think that) we can still see some evidence for why groups conform. We are all choosing our beliefs based on what information we have. The majority of our information comes from, and is shared with, our group. All of the people in our group are working with very similar sets of information, and are therefore likely to have very similar beliefs.
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Re:Conformity Excuses
by dkarapetyan on Wednesday June 07, 2017 @05:13PM
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If you were purely logical and rational you would seek to diversify your information sources but people actually do the exact opposite. They go out of their way to not be exposed to out-group information sources and will often violently oppose such sources. Even within the group dissenting voices are silenced.
There is no logical or information theoretic perspective that justifies or explains conformance behavior. It's all pure biology.
> We are all choosing our beliefs based on what information we have.
So why do religious people stay religious when there is often a great deal of evidence against it. Its not as if the information is hidden from them.