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Saoirse Connor Desai @scondes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New paper out in Cognitive Science with @manikyaalister.bsky.social @perfors.net: dependent consensus (one source repeated) and independent consensus persuade equally at first, but independent consensus produces higher, faster belief as exposures accumulate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CRGCID...

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The Limits of Repetition in the Illusion of Consensus

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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 22/01/2026

I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.

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Part 1: How do LLMs work?

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Saoirse Connor Desai @scondes.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Excited to share our new paper in Memory & Cognition! Consensus isn’t always what it seems. Repeated claims can create an illusion of consensus-making people feel as persuaded by a single echoed source as by independent corroboration.

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Explaining away the illusion of consensus - Memory & Cognition

Consensus among sources often signals a claim’s trustworthiness. However, when all sources simply echo information from a single origin, an “illusion of consensus” can arise, leading individuals to fe...

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Manikya Alister @manikyaalister.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Check out the paper for more! Thanks to my wonderful collaborators @scondes.bsky.social , @andyperfors.bsky.social, and others not on Bluesky.

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Dr Poppy Watson @popwatson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Full room for symposium 'Reasoning from the opinion of others' @scondes.bsky.social @expsyanz.bsky.social

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Milan Andrejevic @andrejevic.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The new Behavioural Sciences and Technology hub at UTS has two fully funded PhD positions available! More information on www.uts.edu.au/about/gradua...

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