If many people think something is true, is it true?

If many people think that something was true, it may not necessarily mean it is true. For example, hundreds of years ago, most people thought the Earth was flat and that if we travelled too far away, we would drop off the face of the world. However, Erastosthenes said that the Earth was in fact round, but no one believed him and he was a laughing stock.

Although, if many people think that something is true, there is more chance that it could be true because in a whole group of people, it is more difficult to make a mistake than when there is just a single person. What would you rather believe in, the word of one person or the word of a thousand? It is obvious which party will have more believers.

What is most important is not how many people believe in you, but whether it is really the truth. So if there are many people saying that there is free money being given away, it is most likely to be just a rumour because, nobody would ever give away free money other then for charities.

So no matter how ridiculous what one person says may seem, it might turn out to be the truth after all. No matter how many people think that something is true, it could just turn out to be exactly the opposite.