# Bandwagon Effect Question Pack: Critical Thinking, Comic, Comprehension **Price:** $0.00 AUD **Seller:** TeachBuySell Seller **Year Levels:** noYearLevel **Subjects:** english ## Description (seller-submitted) He discovered gravity, developed calculus, and mapped the laws of motion for 200 years. In 1720, he lost millions of dollars because his friends were getting rich. The Bandwagon Effect is when someone - or an entire society - does something simply because everyone else appears to be doing it. No argument required. The crowd is the argument. You hear it everywhere: "Everyone's buying it — there must be something to it." "All my friends have one. I'm the only one who doesn't." "The line is massive — this place must be amazing." The number of people doing something tells you nothing about whether it's actually a good idea. But the Bandwagon Effect doesn't care. This free expansion pack teaches you to stop and ask "but is it actually a good idea?" - through a true historical story, real-life examples, and activities that feel nothing like homework. It's the companion to the full Bandwagon Effect Activity Pack and a free preview of the upcoming book, 24 Fallacies and the Historical Disasters That Followed. ⭐ Rated 5.0 by people who now win arguments THE STORY INSIDE Isaac Newton (1643–1727) discovered gravity, developed calculus, and mapped the laws of motion that held up for two hundred years. By any measure, one of the smartest people who ever lived. He was also completely, expensively, historically wrong about the South Sea Company. In 1720, South Sea Company stock was soaring. Everyone in London seemed to be buying it. Everyone seemed to be getting rich. Newton bought in early, got nervous, and sold his shares - making a tidy profit. Smart. Then he watched his friends keep making money. He bought back in at the peak. The company collapsed. Newton lost the equivalent of millions of dollars. He reportedly said afterwards: "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people." He understood the fallacy. He just lived it first. The pack closes with the one question that cuts through the Bandwagon Effect every time: "But is it actually a good… [truncated] ## Learning Needs growthMindset, personalDevelopment, socialSkills --- View on TeachBuySell: https://teachbuysell.com.au/l/699cc35c-6646-45a7-97ad-be5266a1d921 Marketplace: https://teachbuysell.com.au