“The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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Having a lot of people agree on something doesn't make their opinion important if they don't understand what they're talking about. Imagine you need to fix a car, and you ask a group of friends for advice. If none of them know anything about cars, it doesn't matter how many of them have an opinion; their advice isn't useful. The same goes for any topic—expertise and knowledge are what make an opinion valuable, not the number of people who share it. So, when making decisions, it's better to listen to someone who actually knows the subject well. For example, if you're sick, you'd trust a doctor's advice over a large group of people who have no medical training.
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