Why you need to speak up, especially after louts speak up.

New research reveals even if only one or two members of a group repeats an opinion, it is likely to be seen by others as representative of the whole group.

Why does this occur? It boils down to availability and memory.  Compare this to the famous social psychology experiments run by Soloman Asch in the 1950’s.   Remember to speak up, because your silence might be construed to be a vote against your own actual opinions.

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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