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Why We Shouldn't Trust the Opinion of the Majority - a short reading from Plato's Crito

This is wisdom. And anyone can verify this using scientific method. ---- sounds like a new game show hosted by Karl popper

but ironically not by asking everybody . . . "tell the crowd that if they want wisdom, than shut up until i run my experiment"

It's really remarkable that so many "intellectuals" from top universities around the world don't mention this. It's also remarkable that no one else in this entire thread is mentioning this. ---- so you are pointing out that the crowd is wrong?

"Socrates are Crito are wrong to disregard the "bad" opinions. When all opinions are aggregated together, we do in fact find the truth. This is wisdom". --------if we are guessing how many jelly beans are in a jar, and there's enough of us guessing, a couple of jelly bean experts or Easter afficianados, that are close, the rest of us with our wild guesses, then there are just as many of us that guess over than under, and it averages out. . . (not including the guy that guessed infinity, or the price is right moron that guessed one)

my point is . . . that with random guesses . . .bell curve/statistics . . .we could blow rainman's mind counting matchsticks . . . BUT . . .opinions . . . are not the same as a guess . . . opinions are swayed by propoganda etc. --------so even if they're aggregated together . . . .we don't find truth . . .----------- trump?

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