Brian, I repeat, you are right.
Your statement might receive even full consensus ;-) Regards, Géza On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 4:58 AM, Brian E Carpenter < brian.e.carpen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > We quite often discuss here how to judge rough consensus. In a completely > non-IETF > context, I came upon a reference to an article published in 2007 with the > catchy title > "Inferring the Popularity of an Opinion From Its Familiarity: A Repetitive > Voice Can > Sound Like a Chorus". Here's an extract from the abstract: > > "...people do not always correctly estimate the distribution of opinions > within their group. One important mechanism underlying such misjudgments > is people’s tendency to infer that a familiar opinion is a prevalent one, > even when its familiarity derives solely from the repeated expression > of 1 group member. Six experiments demonstrate this effect and show that > it holds even when perceivers are consciously aware that the opinions come > from 1 speaker." > > The article by Weaver et al was in the Journal of Personality and Social > Psychology, 2007, Vol. 92, No. 5, 821–833. I found it at > http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-925821.pdf > > -- > Regards > Brian Carpenter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >
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