Q&A: Majority and Minority
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Majority and Minority
Question
You once said that you think that when there is a majority and a minority (with the understanding that we measure majority and minority in order to get closer to the truth, as the author of Sefer HaChinukh holds) in a certain discussion, then usually the minority is right.
Can you explain? It seems prima facie counterintuitive, and if so then why do we follow the majority?
(Or maybe it was a joke or sarcasm when you said it; I still don’t have a sense of humor in Hebrew lol.)
Answer
See column 69 and the note I added later at the end.
Discussion on Answer
I didn’t understand the question. In any case, it is general and undefined. If you have a concrete question, bring it up here for discussion.
Thanks! Do you think there could be a solution to a problem, or a claim, or whatever you want, that would be objectively and universally good and correct, or is every solution always good for some people and bad for others? Does anything exist in the world that is good for everyone, or is it always the case that the misery of some causes the happiness of others?