It has the, major, drawback of pushing down any disagreements regardless of validity. For example it's nice to say it filters out fringe views but that doesn't mean that the majority view is actually any better. For example it's like saying that the views of gay rights activists in the US shouldn't be given much time because they are the minority view. Ideas shouldn't be judges on how popular they are but the quality of the evidence to support them. It's also worth pointing out that just because that's how things work in "the real world" doesn't mean that that is how things should work.
There's a good picture titled "How democracy works" which has four people around the lip of a volcano. One is dressed in a suit and the others in tribal gear and one of the three is saying, "You might think it's stupid but the rest of us say we jump in." We should be very cautious about the false comfort of the majority viewpoint.
Edit: Also could read the quote I'm using as a signature.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
It has the, major, drawback of pushing down any disagreements regardless of validity. For example it's nice to say it filters out fringe views but that doesn't mean that the majority view is actually any better. For example it's like saying that the views of gay rights activists in the US shouldn't be given much time because they are the minority view. Ideas shouldn't be judges on how popular they are but the quality of the evidence to support them. It's also worth pointing out that just because that's how things work in "the real world" doesn't mean that that is how things should work.
There's a good picture titled "How democracy works" which has four people around the lip of a volcano. One is dressed in a suit and the others in tribal gear and one of the three is saying, "You might think it's stupid but the rest of us say we jump in." We should be very cautious about the false comfort of the majority viewpoint.
Edit: Also could read the quote I'm using as a signature.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~