ciphergoth comments on Aumann voting; or, How to vote when you're ignorant - Less Wrong

11 Post author: PhilGoetz 02 April 2009 06:54PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 02 April 2009 10:55:04PM *  5 points [-]

If you're going to do this, you must research idiocy independently and gather statistics on its specific forms. Do not allow your impressions of where the idiots are and how numerous they are to be formed by the media.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 03 April 2009 02:09:04PM 2 points [-]

Taking a random sample, even of 1 (as in Heinlein, above), is stochastic, but robust against media bias.