If many people think it is true, is it true?

Well, I think that if many people think it is true, it is most probably true.

However, it is human to make mistakes, and sometimes the truth is not true. It may just a misunderstanding or an assumption based on inadequate facts. (or false information) One example would be when an airplane crashed over the North Sea in 1983. The prime minister had ridden on the doomed plane just a few weeks earlier, and the airplane just disintegrated in midair. At that time, most people assumed it was a bomb. However, further investigation proved otherwise. The plane had crashed because of three inferior bolts holding the tail of the plane to the main body. From this example we can see that what many people assume is true may not be true.

Sometimes, it is heavily influence by propaganda and is thus untrue. In Animal farm, the animals believed Squealer's figures that their rations had increased and their lifes were better. However, this was propaganda spread by Squealer to assure the animals that they were well to do when in fact, they were starving. We have to discern whether a piece of news is true instead of believing everything the media reports. Nothing but the Truth tells us more about the complexities of the truth. Most people believed that Narwin was in the wrong. (this was what the media reported) In actual fact, it was Philip who was in the wrong. He was actually playing a practical joke on Narwin.

In my point of view, truth is just a perception. There is no way of learning the WHOLE truth because everyone tells their own story from their own perception. What most people believe is what is considered the truth, however, it is still only a perception as it is from someone's point of view. Thus, what people believe may not be the truth.