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Evaporative Cooling of Group Beliefs

DateSat 2009-03-21

Here is an interesting piece from 2007 in which Eliezer Yudkowsky draws an analogy between the rise of fanaticism in cults and the physical process of evaporative cooling.  Be sure to have a play with the Java applet at the foot of this page.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |

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