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"Ninety nine point nine percent of all respondents can't be wrong" is the classic phraseology of this fallacy One does not effectively disprove such an argument by challenging the numbers. Instead, one reminds the other person that the numbers of people holding to any given conclusion are irrelevant to establishing the truth or falsehood of that conclusion. [[History]] is in fact replete with multiple examples of conclusions that memorable [[science|scientists]] and other great discoverers have shown to be false even though large numbers of people believed them. [[Antoine Lavoisier]], who disproved "phlogiston" as the principle of fire, was one such person. [[Christopher Columbus]] and [[Ferdinand Magellan]] are two others. After all, millions of people believed in the roman gods, but they were proven wrong.

"Ninety nine point nine percent of all respondents can't be wrong" is the classic phraseology of this fallacy One does not effectively disprove such an argument by challenging the numbers. Instead, one reminds the other person that the numbers of people holding to any given conclusion are irrelevant to establishing the truth or falsehood of that conclusion. [[History]] is in fact replete with multiple examples of conclusions that memorable [[science|scientists]] and other great discoverers have shown to be false even though large numbers of people believed them. [[Antoine Lavoisier]], who disproved "phlogiston" as the principle of fire, was one such person. [[Christopher Columbus]] and [[Ferdinand Magellan]] are two others. After all, millions of people believed in the Roman gods, but they were proven wrong.

The converse argument holds that because a position is unpopular and controversial, even ridiculed, denounced and persecuted by the majority, and has been proven by the majority to be in error, that that position is ''[[ipso facto]]'' (by the fact) proven to be correct and true. For example: [[Elitism]], [[Racism]], [[Sect]]s, [[Cult]]s, [[International Flat Earth Society]], [[LGBTQIAPK]] supporters.

The converse argument holds that because a position is unpopular and controversial, even [[Guilt by Association#The Galileo gambit|ridiculed, denounced and persecuted by the majority]], and has been proven by the majority to be in error, that that position is ''[[ipso facto]]'' (by the fact) proven to be correct and true. For example: [[Elitism]], [[Racism]], [[Sect]]s, [[Cult]]s, [[International Flat Earth Society]], [[LGBTQIAPK]] supporters.

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