New study offers insights into how populations conform or go against the crowd
www.eurekalert.org
Cultural traits — the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population — are influenced by conformity, the tendency to align with others, or anti-conformity, the choice to deliberately diverge. A new way to model this dynamic interplay could ultimately help explain societal phenomena like political polarization, cultural trends, and the spread of misinformation. 
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/FunnyGamer97 on 2025-01-18 06:27:13+00:00.

Original Title: Study finds populations rarely converge to a single trait unless the unrealistic assumption of perfect behavioral copying is imposed. Instead, even small variations in how individuals interpret or adopt traits result in persistent diversity.