Private quarters may be decorated according to personal tastes, but in communal spaces the majority taste rules.
In art at least it should be easy to state the obvious fact that majority taste is often dead wrong.
Of course Coke was the red wholesomeness of tradition and majority taste, and Pepsi was the younger, blue, less popular choice of a rebellious new generation!
Bärtsch's mysterious music will be around for a lot longer than the quick fix that majority taste seems to clamour for.
"There's a format to follow in the majority of tasting rooms," said Mary Ellen Shea, the hospitality manager at Galluccio Estate Vineyards/Gristina Winery in Cutchogue, N.Y.
Some members dominate the conversation, others hold back to avoid looking foolish, and the whole group tends to conform to the majority's taste.
To help people dream up a multitude of new products, strategies, or solutions, encourage them to adopt the mindset of a competitor, for example, and have them generate ideas privately (group brainstorming tends to conform to the majority's taste).
Shalizar's olivieh (a potato salad with eggs, green peas, pickles, and chicken) is better balanced than Ravagh's, which has too much mayonnaise, but the latter place racks up the majority of the taste-test victories.
He's likely burned out a majority of his taste buds experimenting with Indian food and hot chicken, but he can still sniff out the best item on any menu, and he's never met a burrito he didn't like.
Cetaceans appear to have lost four basic taste modalities including sour, sweet, umami, and the majority of the bitter taste sensation.
