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- whatthefu, on 10/11/2007, -2/+138I thought this was going to have something to do with race..
- theexitwound, on 10/11/2007, -1/+54There are four lights!!
- canadian8703, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3337% went along with the group? Sounds pretty close to Bush's approval rating.
- kelly, on 10/11/2007, -16/+39The proof why digg often has people commenting the way they do.
Most people aren't left-wing, anti-American, Anti Christianity forum trolls why feel they deserve free music, free movies and free beer.
When you get some of these types in a group... each of which having the same overt agenda... you get massive group-think as is so often seen here. - Prototek, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21An essential psychology basic. Along with the Milgram experiment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
- CanceledCzech, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16I would totally go against the group, due to the fact that I'd assume that they are all incompetent.
- jamesallen74, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Damn, maybe that 5th dentist was right all along!!!!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16Hey this reminds me of high school
- smackjack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16I agree
- fuzzmeister, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Why the hell do you group left-wing with anti-Americanism and anti-Christianity? I know many liberals who are both religious and patriotic.
- Battleloser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Ooh, Ooh ya, and the dude below me gave me the idea, make the guy who gets all the answers wrong a different ethnicity.
Oh man that would be entertaining. - FlapJaw, on 10/11/2007, -0/+13Sheep experiment
- Biks, on 10/11/2007, -3/+16Well this explains religion. (There must be a guy up in the sky, everyone ELSE says so.)
- Rickler, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13Jesus Walked on water... Muhammad flew on a flying carpet.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12For sufficiently large values of "2"
- resplence, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Me too. Dugg for the twist.
- defektiv, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11so buddha just sat there and balanced then?
- notsounique, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12@Kelly Above "Most people aren't left-wing, anti-American, Anti Christianity...When you get some of these types in a group... each of which having the same overt agenda... you get massive group-think as is so often seen here."
It's the opposite. Some are afraid to speak in public, they conform to left wing or christianity. but when on digg, your identity is shielded, so people are more likely to state their true opinion. - archer104, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10Batman!!!
- OatmealBatman2, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9See also: 2 + 2 = 5
- Battleloser, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9An aspect I'd like to see studied is the mob vs the loner.
Take the same tests, but have all but 1 real tester, with the one fake guy who gets it wrong every time. - wackie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Sociological Experiment Five!
- wackie, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8The guy right before the real subject when going down the line looks and acts like The Todd from scrubs.
- cdmarcus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7I'm an atheist too. I just want to tell you to shut up and stop acting superior. You may well be, but there's no need to be an ass about it. In this situation, I'm sure you would have stuck with the majority just like the subjects did.
- skreeonk, on 10/11/2007, -5/+12If you'd watched the video, you'd have known that when anonymous, the groupthink effects are practically null. But, like most right-wingers, you ignore the whole picture in favor of spinning some of the facts to fit your personal agenda.
- Gizza, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Not quite sure why you were Dugg down, you're pretty much spot on.
- EvolvedAnt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Conformists...
- WhiteIce89, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Both of these posts are closely related to this article.
- elnerdo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6So.. you're saying that you *SEE* that God doesn't exist? Might I add that your view is JUST AS IGNORANT as any other?
- OneAndOnlySnob, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7I'd also like to add that it's amusing that you mock the massive group-think on Digg, and yet half the stories you've Dugg recently have been iPhone related!
- fooplex, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I'll conform to the group thinking, so my comment won't get buried.
- Battleloser, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Were not totally anonymous on the internet though. Whether or not we want to admit it we all have (at least a perception of) a reputation tied to our handles.
- dotMH, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6@Rickler
You ignorant *****! That was Aladdin! - ethanrhunt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Also, what effect do yall think this has on live election coverage?
- davidave, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5that's because the headline should have read "will you deny what you see when you're IN a minority?"
- mdfrake, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5FYI...this also plays out in voting. There are many studies out there that show that polls actually persuade the undecided voters. This is because voters do not want to be seen as "wrong" or in the minority, so they vote for whomever is leading in the polls.
- Syntaxis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Sarcasm incoming below:
Hey if billions of people believe in a god (ok, there are 100s of different deities, but that's not the point) then it MUST be true, right? Or. Wait.
No wait. Science proves me wrong. Therefore science must be wrong.
End of sarcasm. - KenMo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4STTNG FTW
- sryb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4that guy is just a weak ass bitch
- Gizza, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4It is very much a confidence thing. When your 10th in line, and all 9 people before you have the same answer and your answer is different, you have to pretty confident that you're right and some how all 9 of those other people are complete morons.
- HerbSolo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4I've seen the same experiment with colours - far more impressive, if someone insists on a blue card being green.
- tokyosugar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4GREG BRADY!!!
Lol! - homesqua, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3psh... conformist.
- jasg, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5if you just agree then just digg that comment.do not reply with a comment.
- marcamillion, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Wisdom of the crowds eh?
- reddevil3, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Psychology 101.
I'm glad I took that course...pretty interesting. - Battlecry, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3This comment needs to be higher up on the page for it's awesomeness.
- HerbSolo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4no, that's not completely correct, - in the vid,eo the guy wrote on the paper, presumably only for the testers to see. - It would have had a different outcome if everybody wrote a number on a chalkboard (ok, not a 100% valid comparison either, but just to clarify my argumentation)
And generally people identify with their nick, and they like to be popular amongst all the other nicks and seeing their comment being dugg up. - So the internet sure isn't a 100% conformism-free zone. - OneAndOnlySnob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3And vast overgeneralizations, right?
- Syntaxis, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I can imagine the thinking process: "Hey.. uh.. it's blue I think, but 10 other people say it's green.. I guess I'm colorblind or something. Let's go with the flow regardless.."
Do you have a video of that test? -
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