Last time I was this early we were in the eu...

Pirandello did a play about this - about all the heads of people we knew or respected, or even imagined and respected, and what their opinions would be, then how that influenced us. It was more a play to read than to be acted out, and was a favorite of mine. I've read two different versions of the English translation, and one was superior to the other.

I like Klucharev's explanation at the end, mainly because it's the same thought I had -- groupthink tends to be more accurate than an individual member's thinking. However, that only explains conformity... what biological reason would we have for rebellion?

The UK is stronger with its own independence, the UK can achieve its own best interest by itself without the influence of the outsiders

I think his conclusion as to why we align our opinion with the groups opinion is not correct("group smartness") . It's more driven by the fear of ostracism, which meant gene/literal death when we were still hunters and gatheres and were throwing poop at each other. It's certainly a little bit of both. ALSO - I will rebel against the shortness of the videos and the important questions that aren't asked in these short youtube-conforming productions!

So _why_ do people have different "conformity" centers in their brains? If it can't be changed in aduits, can it be changed in still-developing brains? And why do these videos always avoid asking the important questions?

I think it depends on the test. This is just one (aesthetics) among several that can be administered.

Maybe this show my stripes but I don't think this test is perhaps the best way of measuring conformity because it's playing with other deep rooted parts of personality such as attraction.

realy interesting, but it makes me worry on the applications.

03:53 - _"The average group opinion is better than individual opinion"_. Unfortunately, this might be construed as meaning that conformity with a centralised establishment is better than non-conformity (being a rebel against a power structure). When he uses the term "average opinion", he is most likely talking about the many vastly differing *individual* opinions _averaging_ out to a *generalised* opinion that is much more accurate than one single perspective when it comes to finding truth. For instance, an experiment was done that asked people to predict how many sweets were in a jar. The more guesses they had from more people eventually averaged out to be extremely close to the number of sweets, even though some individuals were completely off the mark. This same logic can be applied to survival where a tribe will take into consideration the sensory input from all members. When one individual detects a lion but the rest do not, there is the perception that there "could" be a lion but they are not sure. When the majority detect a lion in the bushes, there is the perception that there IS a lion and they need to protect themselves. This form of group think is great for survival and is probably why this section of the brain exists. "Group opinion", when all are involved in creating it, really IS better than the "individual opinion" when it comes to survival. However, conformity to a centrally-controlled power structure where the opinion is only created by a few individuals is not very good for survival, since the opinions being used in decision making are only made by a few individuals in dank, smokey rooms. The vast majority of opinions within society simply aren't taken into consideration, so the movement of society is perturbed from its natural course. For instance, money is spent on wars instead of building spaceships to mine asteroids and colonise other planets; the opinions of a few individuals have overridden the opinions of the majority.

BBC now trying to explain why group-think is better than free, independent thought. Give it up, BBC, Brexit is a done deal.

It takes nothing to join the crowd, it takes everything to stand alone, think for yourself. Dont give away your power to authorities that will enslave you.

Wow that video is really huge

The group is smart, so lets all walk out of the EU.....................

Personnaly, I try conform to rationality and objectivity. The most important things if you want your life to have a positive impact in the larger picture. The group effect is quite dangerous. You just have to think of want an angry mob is capable of...

A la gente le encanta autonombrarse .rebeldes. por naturaleza, sin embargo hay una razón por la cual existen las masas y es que la gran mayoría pertenecen a esta...

Am I the only one so far noticing a flaw in the reasoning of this experiment? It talks about conformity (or not) to group opinion, yet in reality (to me) it appears to be more about being either easily or not so easy influences by any information that deviates from what you already know, be it from a group or individual or just the reality around you. Being able to adjust opinions (or your model of reality) based on corrective signals, is a crucial part of our ability to learn. It may be hard to tell which balance between susceptibility and resistance to that would be optimal for an optimal result (we live in a very complex world), but the principle is crucial for any development/progress of the brain. To me it feels like this focus on group conformity vs being rebellious is putting an unnecessary and confusing cultural dimension to what essentially is an easy to understand fundamental neurological brain function. As others have commented, this video also smells like it is politically charged in that it appears to relate to the #brexit referendum.

The display showing what the cloud thinks looked like a correctness indicator. [You picked 3, but the answer was 4.] or [You got that wrong.] 0:11 "The group opinion" could, many times, be more like a comment section than a multiple-choice test or rating scale. What number is this face, lol.

this homework assignment is really had guys can you give me a hint

funny thing is, the more people you have the more stupid the decissions they make

So if everyone conforms to my opionion, will i still be rebel.

A small group is the best option. Leopold Kohr, anyone?

im not a rebel or a comfirmist im an alien.

I am pretty sure I would get a rebel result, I mean my first instinct would be to go even more extrem with my opinions and thus fall even more away from any group result. But I think diversity is far better than bland mediocrity anyway, and love to play devil's advocate just to adjust ideas with additional view points that others might not have considered and create that way progress.

At 60 I don't give a shit what others think.

This test is invalid (as shown) because we already know that people will rate others higher if they recognize them. Your scores would change simple because you seen the pictures before.

Math ,chemie and physik iam conformist Music , assemblyline of baby production and houshold lessons i was rebel in an union!

Brit brains are different, thats why

rebellious centrist

These days the majority opinion is bollocks. During our evolution we were tuned for survival in the wild, but we now live in a world that we perhaps haven't evolved to deal with effectively and thus conformity can be a disadvantage instead of an advantage.

rent the more central parts of the brain the more primitive parts?

I don't really think that this is an accurate test. There are a lot of variables that can influence the results. I do understand why they think that it works, but I don't think that this really shows what they wanted.

I'm a rebel, just like everyone else.

scary

Damn Russians keep doing confirmation experiments

Tell me why this man looks like Alan Cumming.

I would take the test with a hypothesis that I would be a rebel, I haven't ever really given a shit what anyone else likes. And yes there's a selective reason. We are tribal creatures! Rebels in Neolithic tribes died often. I would be a seriously unfit caveman and would have been killed by now.

this guy always looks like hes just woken up and hasnt had time to do his hair

Conformist... Or DIVERGENT???? Omg lol

I have to disagree, a person is smart, a mass of people is quite stupid. It panics without reason , it follows almost anyone, it conforms to pretty much everything.

*Looks at title* Somehow this will relate back to brexit. *Looks at comments* Yup. Of course.

Or maybe you just don't remember your opinion from before that well, and with more time to look at the faces, you have decided they look different.

Here cuz of south park who els

Now do the same experiments with scat fetishists and chubby chasers.

"what is the biological reason behind the tendency for humans to want to conform?" ? Europeans I guess, not Americans. Well, not conservatives.

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is this because we left the EU?

What a nice load of bs.

Obama is spooky

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