An Appeal to Mass Opinion does not render the subjectivity
of individual opinion any more objective. All that it serves to indicate is the
capacity for people in general to delude themselves (and each other) in pursuit
of that Objectivity (or perhaps simple participation in a group). Thus, the
reasoning is seen to be circular. To insist otherwise is a suicidal argument
because if everyone were to make the same insistence then such a mass delusion
would be more likely. Again, a circular argument. However moving the passions
towards “Objectivity” and “shared experience” may be, that does not render them
any more logical as impulses. If it is possible to conceive of only two members
of a given social group to delude themselves and each other into a feeling of
Agreement, then this can be extrapolated upon the entire community. “Overwhelming
evidence” thus becomes synonymous with “overwhelming opinion” or even “overwhelming
mis-information”.
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