No that’s expressly NOT what he’s saying. For example—obesity is dangerous. Everybody thinks obesity is dangerous, and they’re correct.
He’s just saying that some of the public wisdom seems totally wrong. That [everybody thinks it] has turned out to be much weaker evidence than he originally thought, though still evidence in favor, and certainly not evidence against.
So, the more popular, the more false?
In the matter of history, I say yes.
No that’s expressly NOT what he’s saying. For example—obesity is dangerous. Everybody thinks obesity is dangerous, and they’re correct.
He’s just saying that some of the public wisdom seems totally wrong. That [everybody thinks it] has turned out to be much weaker evidence than he originally thought, though still evidence in favor, and certainly not evidence against.