I Don't Want to Know, or Do You Want to Know?

We usually like to pretend we don't care that much what other people think. And this could be a main explanation for the fact that we disagree. We go out of our way to act as if we were not hearing advice, and not to be seen as acting on it exactly. People take listening to advice as submission and accepting someone's higher status or prestige. As a result, we are often reluctant to listen to advice. So have a whole research adgenta on the rationality of disagreement. basis that looks like people disagree more than they should.