The common belief fallacy
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The common belief fallacy occurs when people assert that a statement is true just because many other people are saying it is true and not because there is any proof that it is true (Messina and Messina, 2005). People believe what is said because everyone else believes it, rather than checking for themselves whether or not it is true. When people are uncertain about something, they often look at what the people around them, or their friends, or just people in gener
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