timtyler comments on Real-world Newcomb-like Problems - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 28 March 2011 06:17:20PM *  1 point [-]

There are billions of people on the planet, and we can see how many of them actually vote. Doesn't this evidence count for a lot more than how you actually vote in terms of determining which sort of world you are in?

Also, voting looks like a device for placating the voters, more than anything else.

I'm pretty sure the cited argument is a rather poor reason for voting in national elections.