Five Stars for Aristotle

I've pretty much stopped reading or listening to "professional" critics when it comes to evaluating books and movies.  These days the ratings of readers and viewers (e.g. "stars" on Amazon or Netflix) are far more reliable indicators of quality and entertainment value.  As the great classicist Peter Jones points out, even old Aristotle would have agreed: 

"Aristotle himself (384-322 bc) saw some virtue in mass decision-making. He argued that one of the things that could be said for real democracy was that the more people who had a say, the more likely one was to get a reasonable result, since many brains were better than one; and he applied the same argument to the judging of poetry and plays. ‘For even where there are many people, each has some share of virtue and practical wisdom; and when they are brought together… they become one in regard to character and intelligence.’"