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Interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it applies to political concepts. Think of the issues the United States is split over (roughly 50/50) and how difficult i
by Xcelerate 12y ago
Interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it applies to political concepts. Think of the issues the United States is split over (roughly 50/50) and how difficult it is to form an opinion on some of the topics. There are significant repercussions for choosing one side over another.
- yummyfajitas 12y agoIt applies to individual decisions aimed at maximizing a utility function. Groups don't have utility functions due to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem (except in special cases, e.g. cardinal preferences/prices for private goods). But I imagine that if I did view democracy as a meaningful decision procedure, then I suspect I would view close votes as a belief that both outcomes are almost equally good. Both decisions are not similar, but the utility attached to each decision is.