Stuart_Armstrong comments on Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs - Less Wrong
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If you have one person around who is the famous Guy Who Disagrees With Everything, anyone with a more reasonable, more moderate disagreement won't look like the sole nail sticking out.
Like the Devil's advocate in the catholic church? He seems to have done his role admirably; according to Wikipedia: