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19 Post author: PhilGoetz 14 April 2009 06:15PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 April 2009 11:12:50PM 3 points [-]
Comment author: PhilGoetz 15 April 2009 01:12:14AM *  1 point [-]

Why would the moderates, rather than the extremists, be the high-energy particles?

Comment author: arundelo 15 April 2009 03:19:47AM 5 points [-]

Because otherwise the metaphor doesn't work.

Comment author: Technologos 15 April 2009 03:56:57AM 1 point [-]

They don't necessarily have to be--but then it should be easy to identify the radicals, as they go off to start their own groups.

If there is another group close to the moderates, say another political party, they may go join that one since that would be more straightforward than waiting for the extremists (who also may have more affective attachment to the label) to leave.