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“When you identify as part of a group, your opinions tend to be biased toward the group consensus.”

— Scott Adams

Sometimes groups and their material can get overbloated.

— Fred Schneider

“since they deal with matters that are the centre of conflict of opposing social groups where the effectiveness of an argument is often contingent…

— Sidin Vadukut

“Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

One key to successful group decisions is getting people to pay much less attention to what everyone else is saying.

— James Surowiecki

“Whenever a group of people who are designed to primarily unite around one thing try to unite around something else, the result is devastating…

— Rob Tims

“groupthink occurs when people “are deeply involved in a cohesive in-group,” and their “strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses…

— Adam M. Grant

“An overemphasis on teamwork and consensus can cause a kind of mental lethargy. If you subordinate your own expectations to the expectations of the…

— Vincent H. O'Neil

Our characterization of collective folly is that sound judgment is not feasible when there is forced or false agreement in groups. We also show…

— Alan Briskin

“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.”

— Orrin Woodward

“people are often “overworked and underutilized.”

— Liz Wiseman

“The work of a crowd is always inferior, whatever its nature, to that of an isolated individual.”

— Gustave Le Bon