PhilGoetz comments on The Correct Contrarian Cluster - Less Wrong
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What's the difference between a contrarian and a crackpot?
Someone who's correctly contrarian on one issue is likely to be a crackpot on another. You hope that, by averaging contrarians together, the crackpot opinions will be averaged out.