RunawayFive wrote:
From http://www.wwnorton.com/college/phil/logic3/ch6/majority.htm
This argument has the form:
The majority (of people, nations, etc.) believe p; therefore, p is true.
In this case, the subjective state of large numbers of people, not just a single person, is being used as evidence for the truth of a proposition. But the argument is still subjective--and still fallacious. We can see why, once again, by identifying the implicit assumption: namely, that whatever the majority believes to be true is true. Majority opinion is obviously not infallible.
Ok, apparently you really are retarded. I thought for a minute that you were just playing, but it doesn't seem that way. Let's revisit what I said earlier:
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Your argument is stupid, regardless of its validity.
That still stands. My comment regarding the majority was meant to imply that it doesn't matter how right you think you are. At this point, you're arguing for no other reason than because you've been backed into a corner. Any sense that could previously have been made of your argument is lost now because with each passing post, you stray farther from the point and closer to insanity. You will not convince those arguing against you in this thread of any other truth, because your credibility is gone, and you have nothing more than personal beliefs backing your statement.