Appeal to Popularity: Difference between revisions

** Well, they're French, [[Ad Hominem|of course they would say that]].

 

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."

* "Most people would agree that is improper to talk in the cinema during a movie, so don't do it."

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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