> Even sillier, a quote from the article: "When the number of committed > opinion holders is below 10 percent, there is no visible progress in > the spread of ideas. It would literally take the amount of time > comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the > majority,". How then does the number of committed opinion holders > ever get to 10% in the first place, as apparently it will take the age > of the universe to get from say 5% to a majority, but only a short > time to get from 10% to a majority. The corollary is that it will > take the age of the universe to get from 5% to 10%. > > Colin >
I thought this at first, but it does make a wee bit of sense. I think what they are trying to say is that if it kept going at the same speed when it got over 10% as it was under 10%, then it would take that long. However, when it gets above 10% it increases possibly exponentially. However the article does in itself seem a bit far fetched about it always happening. I understand what they are trying to get at, and it makes a wee bit of sense...but not ALWAYS. That's a stupid term that scientists should never use. YaManicKill -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
