The Cosmic Closet: A 6,060-participant study reveals pluralistic ignorance about extraterrestrial life.
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Led by Avi Loeb, a study of 6,060 people finds they privately rate ET life as 67% likely but think others would say only 21%, a 46-point gap called the “cosmic closet” driven by pluralistic ignorance that keeps people quiet and limits how much experts can sway opinions, with implications for UFO discussions and for broader social issues like mental health stigma and political polarization.
