Ray

• Ray 11 Sep 2007 18:45 UTC

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  on: Ap­plause Lights

  You have, I think, come upon the essence of modern political speeches.

• Ray 8 Dec 2007 20:13 UTC

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  on: Eva­po­ra­tive Cool­ing of Group Beliefs

  There’s no particular reason why you need to have a detailed knowledge of the psychological literature for fanatics to try to chase moderates out of a group. That particular piece of knowledge, that if you shout down and away anybody who disagrees with you then you are in control, seems built in to human understanding of politics.