The percent of the population who are functionally or deliberately discordant

An interesting discussion in the thread. As a rule of thumb I assume that for any human activity there is some portion of the population that is greater than zero percent and less than 5% who are confused, malicious, or deliberately subversive of the activity - might be a survey, a discussion, a collaborative project, anything where people are interacting.

I block .01 % of people, which reduces BS, sophisty, & nitpicking by 99%.

Sorry, nothing personal.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 28, 2018

The discussion suggests that the range might be tighter than my 5% rule of thumb; perhaps zero to 2%.