Majority Is Not Always Right!

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Generally one would believe that a majority’s opinion would outweigh that of a small body of people or individual, but that does not always appear to be the case. In several instances a single person or small group has been able to prove the majority’s opinion as faulty or wrong. Such cases are: Einstein and his development of the Theory of Relativity, Steve Jobs and his battle to keep Apple alive, and the Wright brothers and their invention of the first functional airplane. During Einstein’s era, very few believed obstreperous claims of whether rest and motion are relative, or that particles are in motion due to gravity. Therefore the majority’s opinion outweighed Einstein’s theory and claimed it as faulty. However, after Einstein had passed away, scientists began to test Einstein’s theory. After several decades of controversy and testing, Einstein’s theory was deemed as scientifically correct. In addition to Einstein, Steven Jobs also held odds against the majority’s opinion. Job’s Apple had lost essentially all public and consumer interest in the year of 1995 and appeared to be dead. The public thought that Apple would soon be closing it’s doors and Jobs would have a dearth of monetary value; However, with arduous effort and creativity Jobs rejuvinated Apple and made it a fierce competitor in the technology industry. Along with Einstein and Jobs, the Wright brothers accomplished a feat that defied the majority’s expectations. During the Wright brother era, many tried to create a working, fully functional airplane, but no one was able to succeed fully until the Wright brothers stepped up to the plate. Towards the beginning, no one though that two brothers from Ohio with no knowledge following high school were going to succeed in creating something that so many people failed doing. Consequently, the Wright brothers defied these odds and left the majority of
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