Comment on [Link] Forty Days

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 00:56:56 GMT

There is a related phenomenon - acting like an extremist on one direction if you believe that too many people are wrong in the opposite direction. Eg. Arguing like a libertarian if you think people aren't libertarian enough, or arguing against libertarianism among crowds that you think are too libertarian. Or rating something 0 stars to drag down its rating even if you thought it was okay. The goal is not to be "correct" but to shift people towards the position you think is correct. (I don't know whether this strategy works)

Presumably Cochran thinks people dismiss quarantines too much so he is arguing way in the opposite extreme.

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