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Galileo
OTOH, thousands would be less likely to all make the same mistake than one single person -- were it not for information cascades.
Almost always false.
If the basis of the position of the thousands -is- their authority, then the reason of one wins. If the basis of their position is reason, as opposed to authority, then you don't arrive at that quote.
It depends on whether or not the thousands are scientists. I'll trust one scientist over a billion sages.
I wouldn't, though I would trust a thousand scientists over a billion sages.
It would depend on the subject. Do we control for time period and the relative background knowledge of their culture in general?
The majority is most part of time wrong. Or you search in data for patterns, or you put credences in some autor or group. People keep saying math things without basal training all the time -- here too.