text: Asking many people can also counteract the problem that arises when you only ask one person for advice or their opinion. The problem is that people are not honest at times. A study shows that 73% percent of people questioned have made and kept a lie to this day. The same study shows an estimated 15% of those who said they haven't kept a lie are ironically lying. If you were to only ask one person for their opinion as opposed to many, you would have an estimated 88% to get a exaggerated, if not a completely fabricated response. If you asked many people, you would have a set of data you can rely on. You would be able to separate the fabricated or exaggerated opinions and advice because they would look like outliers compared to the rest.