Stuart_Armstrong comments on Arrow's Theorem is a Lie - Less Wrong

27 Post author: alyssavance 24 October 2009 08:46PM

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Comment author: alyssavance 26 October 2009 06:33:20PM 2 points [-]

That's not what independence of irrelevant alternatives means; it means that, given the same relative ranking between A and B, the voting algorithm will always make the same decision, with or without the alternative. It doesn't mean that the voters will make the same decisions.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 27 October 2009 11:59:23AM 2 points [-]

I stand corrected. Your post does indeed do what it claims to do. Upvoting.