Do you believe in the "it must be true because so many people can't be wrong" argument?
Hmm...Let's put it to use.
So many people say that Bernie is a wonderful guy. BUT behind closed doors, Bernie likes to sexually assault women.
But so many people say that Bernie is a wonderful guy SO "so many people can't be wrong."
2007-12-01 02:01:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The "Bernie story" is JUST A SCENARIO to prove my POINT.
2007-12-01 02:07:22 · update #1
This is not a religious question and this question was not meant to question religion. If you believe in something for your OWN REASONS then that is a valid argument.
2007-12-01 02:09:30 · update #2
Postmodern philosophy states that 'If something's true for you, then it's true' (even if your neighbor says it's false and that exactly the opposite is true - because that's how it is for him.)
We've now moved away from confidence in the majority opinion to the individual's experience of truth as being paramount. As witnessed here on Yahoo!?!?
Both ideas are absurd and dangerous.
2007-12-01 02:16:58 · answer #1 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-27 00:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that is a wonderful misconception. There were a few experiments in comformity that showed that people were willing to go with the herd on obviously wrong answers, mistrusting their own observations, based upon majority rule. Do I even need to bring up slavery?
2007-12-01 02:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why you trying to dis Bernie? If Bernie really was that bad, you think Rudy would be standing up for him?
2007-12-01 02:05:18 · answer #4 · answered by battleship potemkin AM 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A large majority of people once thought slavery was perfectly acceptable, too.
It's ridiculously easy to convince large numbers of people of just about anything, no matter how preposterous. Number of adherents should never be considered proof of the validity of an idea.
2007-12-01 02:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I do not believe in that train of thought at all. If you are trying to apply it to Christianity I don't believe in Christ because SO many others do, I believe because I have studied and learned for myself. As for the nice guy next door, let's remember the BTK serial killer didn't he look like just the nicest guy??? Believe everything you see, half of what you read, and none of what you hear.
2007-12-01 02:07:27 · answer #6 · answered by Only hell mama ever raised 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-10 00:07:06 · answer #7 · answered by smyers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The majority of the world's population at one time thought the world was flat.
So many people CAN'T be wrong, right?
2007-12-01 02:05:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an illogical assumption that stems from our desire to fit in, Look at how many people followed Hitler and his ideals. We must be the master race... everybody's doing it. Truth can only be proven by FACT.
2007-12-01 02:11:29 · answer #9 · answered by kirk 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's true! The world is flat!!!! So many people believed so. In my experience, there sure are a lot of stupid people, because there are so many stupid people, they must not be wrong!
2007-12-01 02:09:04 · answer #10 · answered by nic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋