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

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Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 28 October 2009 12:55:25AM 4 points [-]

but can we find a process which violates only determinism?

That's exactly what tommccabe's process does. It violates determinism in Arrow's sense of the word, but it satisfies the other conditions. Moreover, it violates Arrow-style determinism in a way that we arguably want anyway.