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The False-Consensus Effect: Navigating the Pitfalls of Assumed Consensus in Decision-Making

Introduction The False-Consensus Effect is a powerful mental model that explores how individuals tend to overestimate the extent to which others share their opinions, beliefs, and behaviors. This cognitive bias leads to the assumption of a false consensus, where individuals mistakenly believe that their own thoughts and actions are more widely held than they actually […]