Silos and Echo Chambers in the World of Autism
Since the 1960s, numerous social psychology studies have shown that people in echo chambers become more extreme in their shared views. This finding is important enough that it has a name: the group polarization effect. This can be positive or negative, depending on the group: when people who aren’t racist get together with other non-racists, everybody gets even less racist, but when people who are a bit racist get together with other racists, they become more racist (Myers & Bishop,…