Eugine_Nier comments on Arguments Against Speciesism - LessWrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 August 2013 06:47:51AM 0 points [-]

Why not give the vote at 30 years of age

This would probably actually not be a bad idea.

Comment author: MugaSofer 04 August 2013 03:36:33PM *  -1 points [-]

... 40? 60?

I'm guessing you're over 30 years old :P

EDIT: to be clear, I'm aware that those don't necessarily follow, I'm just curious where Eugine draws the line and why.

FURTHER EDIT: If more experience = better, and you want the best possible pool of voters, then a "village elders" model springs to mind ... that's a pretty simplistic model, though.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 August 2013 04:17:17PM 2 points [-]

FWIW, I'm under 30 and I still agree with him. (I'm not sure that unilaterally putting my proverbial money where my mouth is and refraining from voting until then when other people my age still vote would be a sane idea, though.)

Comment author: MugaSofer 06 August 2013 02:24:20PM 0 points [-]

In the interests of updating my model, did you believe this before reading his argument?

(I'm not sure that unilaterally putting my proverbial money where my mouth is and refraining from voting until then when other people my age still vote would be a sane idea, though.)

Nah, that just makes your age group even less sane.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 August 2013 02:55:31PM *  4 points [-]

his argument?

Which one? I hadn't read this comment until now.

(I've long suspected that, if we have to decide whom to allow to vote based on age alone, 18 is likely to be a lower threshold than optimal, but I have no strong opinion on what exactly the optimal threshold would be. Probably around the age at which the median youngster becomes economically independent from their parents, give or take half a decade.)

Comment author: MugaSofer 06 August 2013 03:08:43PM 0 points [-]

(I've long suspected that, if we have to decide whom to allow to vote based on age alone, 18 is likely to be a lower threshold than optimal, but I have no strong opinion on what exactly the optimal threshold would be. Probably around the age at which the median youngster becomes economically independent from their parents, give or take half a decade.)

OK, that answers my question. Thanks.

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