Bad appeal to common belief is a very common fallacy. If most people in a group believe a claim is true then it is true. A relatable example for this kind of fallacy is if all or a majority of the girls in a group think joining a sorority is necessary in college then it must be true. Just because the majority or all the girls in a group think going Greek is necessary in college doesn’t mean it’s the same for everyone. A common belief fallacy doesn’t make a statement true. It has a majority on opinion. The majority opinion doesn’t always tell the truth. Different answers can come out of it depending on the group. For example, if we bring up Greek life to another set of girls and not all of him thinks Greek life is necessary in college the statement becomes a fallacy. Here’s example of a bad appeal to common belief fallacy:
Jack will tell Jill “nothing is wrong with drinking. Ask Jess, or anyone here. Drinking is fine.”
This is a statement at a party is sometimes used to peer pressure others into drinking. Just because Jack, Jill, and Jess are at a party doesn’t mean everyone is going to be okay with drinking. Some people have fun just being sober.
I also found this fallacy to be interesting because I see it happening every day; sually at work and most of the time at school. Appeal to common believe fallacy is in fact when people believe that something is true because the majority believes it too. I believe that this fallacy also happens when girls are having boy problems they turn to their friends because they assume that their friends know what they are doing which is true half of the time not always. This fallacy also happens with peer pressure when you are young and naïve your friends tell you to drink and smoke when you say no they say “oh come on everyone is doing it” which then leads to bad decisions.
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