{"id":10203,"date":"2019-04-21T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T14:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2021-10-11T09:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T07:25:27","slug":"paradox-of-unanimity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2019\/04\/paradox-of-unanimity\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradox of Unanimity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>C1 &#8211; Advanced<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When majority of the people agree on something, it is easy to conclude that it may be true\/reliable or it is the right thing to do. However, in ancient Jewish law, it was the opposite. If the defendant was found guilty unanimously then he would be acquitted. Why was that so? Lawmakers back then observed that when there is unanimous agreement, there is the presence of systemic flaws in their judicial process.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to know about the paradox of unanimity and know whether we should trust unanimous decisions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Should you trust unanimous decisions? - Derek Abbott\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/heCSbA8w57A?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the paradox of unanimity?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever agreed on something\u00a0 because most people around you have done so?<\/li>\n<li>What does the last phrase, &#8220;if it is too good to be true, it probably is&#8221; mean?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C1 &#8211; Advanced When majority of the people agree on something, it is easy to conclude that it may be true\/reliable or it is the right thing to do. 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