Pro@programming.dev to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoPeople Believe If 90% Prefer A over B, A Must Be Much Better than B. Are They Wrong?consumerresearcher.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down14
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minus-squareBestBoucletteslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoIsn’t that the tyranny of the majority? The fact that a larger percentage of the population does something, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the better thing.
minus-squareBestBoucletteslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoEg. Pretty much every group of people in the history of humanity. We tend to forget that we’re just dumb animals with dumb animal instinct sometimes.
Isn’t that the tyranny of the majority? The fact that a larger percentage of the population does something, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the better thing.
Eg. USA.
Eg. Pretty much every group of people in the history of humanity. We tend to forget that we’re just dumb animals with dumb animal instinct sometimes.