2010-11-09

Words To Be Used With Caution

Consensus.

As in, "the consensus is that you're an idiot."

Or, "73% of people decided to voted for the ban on oranges in schools since acid irritates eyes."

We use it as if the majority is never wrong.

That can't happen right? Wisdom of crowds and all that.

2 comments:

  1. Can you link the story this is from?

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  2. What makes you think it's from a story?

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