Better be third then second in a search for a majority opinion
Stauffer, Dietrich
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Monte Carlo simulations of a Sznajd model show that if a near-consensus is formed out of four initially equally widespread opinions, the one which at intermediate times is second in the number of adherents usually loses out against the third-placed opinion.
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