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"If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" This is a common question, used to challenge a decision based on the {{w|bandwagon effect}}. It challenges someone to consider whether something is really a good idea, even if everyone else does it (in this case, friends). The sentence is, upon closer analysis, a {{w|straw man}} attack that over-extrapolates the bandwagon effect. | "If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?" This is a common question, used to challenge a decision based on the {{w|bandwagon effect}}. It challenges someone to consider whether something is really a good idea, even if everyone else does it (in this case, friends). The sentence is, upon closer analysis, a {{w|straw man}} attack that over-extrapolates the bandwagon effect. | ||