>>13945058>So popularity and objectivity are essentially the same thing?If what your measuring is based on the sentiment/thoughts* of each individual in a society then yes, popularity and objectivity are essentially the same thing. Said differently it's objectively truth that X is the more popular.
A better example is going around in an election and asking, in some format, every eligible citizen which candidate they'd prefer to be the mayor of a town. If the election was fair and the society were democratic then the mayor of the town is objectively the more popular person.
Beauty works much the same way. The most beautiful person is the one, most people consider to be the most beautiful person.
*With things like stock prices, the price of the stock can reflexively determine the value of the company. If the price of a stock goes up, the company now has more capital to leverage to buy up other assets. There are complicated feedback loops between the price of a stock, its sentiment, and its value. This is what creates bubbles and bursts, just as /biz/.
