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The truth is not determined by voting, but the truth is often positively correlated with peoples' opinions. It is rational to weigh other people's opinions. If I disagree with someone, I must ask myself why I am more likely to be correct than they are.
This is a stronger modesty argument, as distinct from simply taking the majority opinion as one of the pieces of evidence for arriving at your own conclusion.