Do you treat things that are common practice the same as things that are right?

In my experience, this is everyone’s reflex reaction before whatever circumstances intervene that allow them to give it more thought:

The reaction to most everyone we know of doing a certain thing a certain way is that it’s hard to even think of questioning the rightness of what they’re doing. And, the reaction to most everyone we know of condemning a certain way of doing a certain thing is that it can be hard to doubt the wrongness of that thing.

To summarize: We end up taking how often we hear a point of view repeated as proof of its accuracy or inaccuracy, but by definition that’s a method that only coincidentally leads to the right answer, and is therefore unreliable.

People who do the above things aren’t aware that they’re doing it when they do (or else they wouldn’t do it), so if anyone here does do those things, they’re unlikely to answer that they do. Therefore, this question is possibly pointless, but whatever, I feel like stirring the pot.

We also end up doing things we ourselves believe to be wrong, but without being challenged by anyone around us or even feeling very guilty, as long as they’re considered acceptable in the society we live in.

What’s your experience?