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==== Also called ==== |
==== Also called ==== |
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* Argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people") |
* Argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people") |
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* [http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-common-practice.html Appeal to Common Practice] |
* [http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-common-practice.html Appeal to Common Practice] |
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* [[Quality by Popular Vote]] |
* [[Quality by Popular Vote]] |
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* Any relevant population figure (sixty million Frenchmen, a billion Chinese, etc.) |
* Any relevant population figure (sixty million Frenchmen, a billion Chinese, etc.) |
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* "Gold is valuable because many people pay for it." |
* "Gold is valuable because many people pay for it." |
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* ""Trope" is a word meaning "storytelling device", because that's how most people use it." |
* ""Trope" is a word meaning "storytelling device", because that's how most people use it." |
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* "Most people would agree that is improper to talk in the cinema during a movie, so don't do it." |
* "Most people would agree that is improper to talk in the cinema during a movie, so don't do it." |
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These concepts, like economical value, linguistic meaning, or etiquette, are things that only exist because a large number of us believe that they exist. If everyone would believe that gold is worthless, [[Worthless Yellow Rocks|its value would disappear]] (this happens at the beginning of the novel ''Galapagos''). |
These concepts, like economical value, linguistic meaning, or etiquette, are things that only exist because a large number of us believe that they exist. If everyone would believe that gold is worthless, [[Worthless Yellow Rocks|its value would disappear]] (this happens at the beginning of the novel ''Galapagos''). |
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[[Category:Logic Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]] |
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]] |
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[[Category:Appeal to Popularity]] |
[[Category:Appeal to Popularity]] |