I wrote:
> It would not have to convince everyone in the first round. We only need to > set off a chain reaction where each generation triggers more reactions > instead of quenching. > I mean a reaction of people, not neutrons. Each replication motivates more than 1 other group to replicate, so the numbers increase exponentially. If a replication triggers less than 1 other replication on average, the reaction quenches. With the Internet, accurate information can spread at lightspeed to any researcher on earth. That is why trends can accelerate at a rate unimaginably fast by the standards of the past. That is why the "Gangnam Style" video on YouTube has been viewed 671,542,084 times. - Jed
