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| − | An information cascade occurs when people signal that they have information about something, but actually based their judgment on other people's signals, resulting in a self-reinforcing community opinion that does not necessarily reflect reality. | + | An '''information cascade''' occurs when people signal that they have information about something, but actually based their judgment on other people's signals, resulting in a self-reinforcing community opinion that does not necessarily reflect reality. |
| − | == | + | ==Blog posts== |
| − | [http://lesswrong.com/lw/z/information_cascades/ Information | + | |
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/z/information_cascades/ Information cascades] by [[Johnicholas]] | ||
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/1r1/epistemic_luck/ Epistemic luck] by [[Alicorn]] | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | *[[Egalitarianism]], [[Modesty argument]] | ||
| + | *[[Epistemic luck]], [[Privileging the hypothesis]] | ||
| + | *[[Free-floating belief]] | ||
| + | *[[Groupthink]], [[Affective death spiral]] | ||
| + | *[[Goodhart's law]] | ||
| + | *[[Religion]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Concepts]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:00, 27 July 2010
An information cascade occurs when people signal that they have information about something, but actually based their judgment on other people's signals, resulting in a self-reinforcing community opinion that does not necessarily reflect reality.
Blog posts
See also
- Egalitarianism, Modesty argument
- Epistemic luck, Privileging the hypothesis
- Free-floating belief
- Groupthink, Affective death spiral
- Goodhart's law
- Religion
