Emile comments on Something's Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 05 September 2010 09:26:24PM 2 points [-]

People who don't care about the issues tend to be moderate by default and this leads to an overrepresentation of people who don't care among the population of moderates.

True, but this will hold whether the moderates are "right" or not - if 90% of people who care about the issues (and research them) stay moderates, and only 10% start complaining about it, you'll still see an overrepresentation of people who don't care among the moderates.