Some people think it is better to choose friends who always have the same opinions as them. Other people believe it is good to have friends who sometimes desagree with them. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

There is an argument among certain demographics of the society that few

people

prefer to select

friends

who share common thoughts as themselves, while others feel that it is better to have

friends

who sometimes oppose their thoughts. In my

opinion

, the latter is more loyal to friendship, since they are always honest and do not mask the fallacies of their

friends

.

This

essay expresses both views and articulates more about my personal

opinion

.

Firstly

, similar

opinions

embark on better collaboration and a more convivial nature among the

friends

in the

group

.

In addition

,

this

allows more strong emotional bonding between them, since there is no hatred among the

group

for a particular person who deliberately opposes the view of the

group

.

Moreover

, it has many psychological advantages, since sharing the same

opinion

allows the individuals to be more trusted because of the similarity in their thoughts which eventually means having the same thought process.

For example

, a survey conducted by the human research department at the University of California Irvine

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found that 90% of per cent of the

people

have a proclivity toward like-minded

people

who have the same

opinions

, while the remaining 10% were excluded because of their erratic views about the main topic of the survey. Despite all these benefits, it gives rise to newer problems in a friendship that are conceived by the positive outcomes. Contradicting someone's

opinion

, not only prooves a more caring nature of the person to prevent any pitfalls in future

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but

also

this

sometimes acts as a guiding path for all the

people

in the

group

who are digressing from the main goal of communication. To explain

this

, most of the time

people

are blindfolded because of the positives, while only a few can point out that it may not be meritorious to follow

this

path. In

such

scenarios, whenever a person in the

group

opposes views it eventually provides a newer direction to the overall thought process.

Secondly

,

friends

sometimes persuade others for their personal benefit by praising and accepting all the

opinions

that the

friend

takes.

However

,

this

is not always the case, it involves a feeling of dishonesty

that is

often masked behind the smiling face.

For instance

, research conducted by the department of psychology at the University of Delhi found that whenever any

friend

in a

group

opposes a particular

opinion

since it is more fruitful as compared to other's

opinions

showed more success rate, rather than

friends

who always accept the same

opinion

. To conclude, in my ,

opinion

it is always better to have a single honest

friend

who guides the path to success by pointing out flaws in my thinking process, rather than having a

friend

who persuades me by accepting all the statements that I make.