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People Believe If 90% Prefer A over B, A Must Be Much Better than B. Are They Wrong?
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I mean, better is subjective. You can't quantify that.
If 90% of people like something over something else, that is all that it means. For all those people it is better for them. But for 10% it isn't better, let alone much better.
This is more a philosophical question than a science one.