CCC comments on Voting is like donating thousands of dollars to charity - Less Wrong

32 Post author: Academian 05 November 2012 01:02AM

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Comment author: CCC 05 November 2012 07:21:52PM 0 points [-]

Diminishing returns come into play. There's only so much effort it's worth putting into the most important state before the next most important becomes marginally equal.

...true. One should probably expect thirty-three times as much effort going to John's state as to Tom's state.

That does look armchair-likely. Does it happen?

I don't know, I live on the wrong side of the Atlantic to have personal experience.