thomas

Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation and climate science, host of /diving /ethfinance /forteantimes /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

Full text here: https://blogs.cornell.edu/info2040/2015/10/14/the-evaporative-cooling-effect-in-social-network/

Interestingly, I knew of the evaporative cooling of group beliefs from a 2007 Yudkowsky post about cults: when they fail in their predictions, the most reasonable members leave first, leaving behind those less capable of critical thinking, thus reinforcing the cult in a feedback loop. Which reminds of the joke that alcohol kills your weakest brain cells first, and thus makes you sharper

You didn’t have to do me like this @aviationdoctor.eth