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'''Consensus cascade''' is the observed phenomena whereby one person expresses an opinion, a second person picks up that opinion based on the first person's credibility, and the opinion gathers the weight of consensus without any necessary basis in fact.
'''Consensus cascade''' is the observed phenomenon whereby one person expresses an opinion, a second person picks up that opinion based on the first person's credibility, and the opinion gathers the weight of consensus without any necessary basis in fact.


== References ==
== References ==


* [[JOHN TIERNEY]]; Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/science/09tier.html?_r=3
* [[JOHN TIERNEY]]; Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/science/09tier.html?_r=3

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Consensus cascade is the observed phenomenon whereby one person expresses an opinion, a second person picks up that opinion based on the first person's credibility, and the opinion gathers the weight of consensus without any necessary basis in fact.

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