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{{quote|"They voted for the impossible, and the disastrous possible happened instead"|History lesson (talking about ''us''), [[Robert Heinlein]], ''[[Starship Troopers (novel)|Starship Troopers]]''}}
== '''[[wikipedia:Argumentum ad populum|Appeal To Popularity]]'''
==== Also called ====
* Argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people")
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** Well, they're French, [[Ad Hominem|of course they would say that]].
==== Looks like this fallacy but is not
If the investigated subject isn't an objectively measurable thing, but a social concept, that is indeed determined by popularity. For example:
* "Gold is valuable because many people pay for it."
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