Socrates: do you agree that we should only pay attention to good opinions and bad opinions are likely to bring harm.
Crito: Yes.
Socrates: do you agree that it is generally not the masses who have expert opinions but only the few.
Crito: Yes.
Socrates: So in this case we should only follow the opinion of those who are experts on or at least have thought sufficiently and logically about the issue, as the public is unlikely to have done.
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