Do we prefer consensual advice even when it is detrimental to our judgment quality In our daily lives we frequently seek the advice of multiple persons to make informed judgements and decisions. Often these opinions are not independent from each other but rather are correlated to some degree. This interdependence can result from individuals’ influencing each other from using the same data working in the same organization etc. Previous literature has shown that interdependent opinions are less accurate but also more consistent (in terms of similarity between the opinions) than independent opinions. Since independent opinions are more accurate individuals should prefer...