The same is also true of simpler, more immediate things like LTNs and bike lanes.
It's yer #PluralisticIgnorance, innit.

Your neighbour wants renewables, safe roads for cycling, etc etc, just like you do. But you don't know it and think you're a minority
#PluralisticIgnorance

There's a technical term for this:
#PluralisticIgnorance
(Where you believe, wrongly, that your prosocial opinion puts you in a minority)

Beste @telegraaf.nl lezers, je kunt prima over het klimaat praten tijdens het #kerstdiner, we onderschatten structureel hoeveel De Ander om het #klimaat geeft.
Wordt het technisch: @skepticalscience.bsky.social is fantastische website. Alle klimaatmythes op een rij. #dolookup #pluralisticignorance

Graphic titled “Culture shift” contrasts two columns labeled “Normal” and “Radical.” Under “Normal”: Accepting road violence, accepting road fatalities, accepting pedestrian fatalities, accepting cyclist fatalities, accepting excessive speeds, accepting unsafe streets, accepting pollution, accepting gridlock, accepting the loss of youth mobility, accepting the loss of senior mobility. Under “Radical”: Wanting to prevent road violence, wanting to prevent road fatalities, wanting to prevent pedestrian fatalities, wanting to prevent cyclist fatalities, wanting slower speeds, wanting safe streets, wanting less pollution, wanting less gridlock, wanting youth mobility, wanting senior mobility. Text below reads: “It’s time to rethink what’s considered normal on our streets.” Logo: The Biking Lawyer LLP with a bicycle icon.

Normal vs. Radical

HT Li Marco Te Brömmelstroet @lab-of-thought
xitter @thebikinglawyer

#Bike #Cycling #pluralisticignorance #Carbrain #Motonomativity #Fuckcars #CarsRuinCities #PeopleOverCars #PedestrianFriendly #SafeStreets #TransportationJustice #HalfHeartedFanatic

Yes, it is very strange right now. Is it akin to #PluralisticIgnorance that we see related to #Motonormativity where people want a safer transportation network but the louder voices of a small group get the press? Based on polling it seems most Americans do not want what #Donnie2Dolls is offering.

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The paper is part of an effort to bring together different strands of research on #PolicyAttributes, perceived #fairness and #effectiveness, and the role of second-order beliefs (i.e., #PluralisticIgnorance) in public acceptance of #ClimatePolicy in a structured way. (2/)

doi.org/10.1080/1469...

Yes, #Motonormativity and #PluralisticIgnorance getting in the way of making changes that could save lives, improve traffic flow, and create better places for people. Some people just don't like change even if it improves their quality of life.

OSF

Jointly with fabulous Timur Sevincer, Luisa Hostlowsky, and Fenja Styhler from Leuphana University Lüneburg

📝 preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

We hope these findings inform efforts to close the perception–policy gap in climate governance.

#ClimatePolicy #BehavioralScience #PluralisticIgnorance

Seem like this is strong evidence of #Motonormativity #PluralisticIgnorance where many people think their neighborhood needs to be safer, but think they are the only ones (silent majority). So louder voices of drivers who want to travel unimpeded effect political choices.

I think we let the avalanche of media make us think that there are many people out there who don't trust vaccines, when overwhelming people trust vaccines. Can the concept of #PluralisticIgnorance be applied here?

Because the danger of disinformation isn’t just that people believe it.

It’s that we all live with the consequences.

#Disinformation #EpistemicJustice #MediaLiteracy #InfoDisorder
#SocialContagion #PluralisticIgnorance #CivicResilience #ForumThreads

Because the danger of disinformation isn’t just that people believe it.

It’s that we all live with the consequences.

#Disinformation #EpistemicJustice #MediaLiteracy #InfoDisorder
#SocialContagion #PluralisticIgnorance #CivicResilience #ForumThreads

Thank you @keawilson.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social for podcasts with @ianwalker.bsky.social and #MarcoteBrömmelstroet #Motonormativity #PluralisticIgnorance #ParticipatoryValueEvaluation for enriching my advocacy vocabulary. #ParadigmShift #Cities4People #Cities4Kids #SafeStreets4All

This wasn’t just about ants.
It was about how manipulation breaks cognition — and how to fight back.

#Disinformation #Groupthink #PluralisticIgnorance
#SwarmTactics #InfoOps #NarrativeWarfare
#CrisisManipulation #CognitiveSecurity

Next:
Ants Show Us the Power — and Limits — of Emergent Intelligence

And how simple systems can beat complex ones — unless we’re paying attention.

#Disinformation #PluralisticIgnorance

Why the Loudest Voice Wins in Confused Groups

In uncertain situations, people look for cues.
If no one speaks, they guess what others want.

The result?
False consensus — and fertile ground for disinformation.

#Disinformation #PluralisticIgnorance

Hearing from Liesbeth van Tongeren, prominent Dutch politician and environmental advocate, former director of Greenpeace, on what we can do politically. It is not a lack of ideas, it is a lack of joint implementation.

#PluralisticIgnorance #ClimateAction

I was hearing about #PluralisticIgnorance from @ianwalker.bsky.social @activetravelcaf.bsky.social last night
"the majority of people thought it would be nice, but almost everyone thought everyone else would hate it"
perhaps @teamlabouruk.bsky.social could read up on the phenomenon? #NetZero

"No matter what MAGA and the media says, Donald Trump is an unpopular president who is causing an awful lot of Americans to mobilize against him. And the trendlines are moving against him." #PluralisticIgnorance

#socialproof trumps individual decision making leading to #pluralisticignorance especially in ambiguous situations