On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Kathy Dopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: "rob brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [EM] Can someone point me at an example of the > > nonmonotonicity of IRV? > > > Are you aware that in going to a doctor to treat an injury, you can get > in a > > car accident and get injured some more? Why would anyone go to a doctor > if > > doing so can actually make your health WORSE? > > OK. So you are saying we must use voting methods where voting for our > FIRST-Choice candidate as our LAST Choice helps our first choice > candidate win, and when I go to the polls I have no idea if that is > true or false because "I might get into an accident when I drive to > the doctor when I'm sick? > > I must have fallen down the rabbit hole when I joined this list. > What? My point, which you have managed to spectacularly mangle, is that you are ranting about something that is possible, but highly unlikey. You seem to be obsessed with the non-zeroness of the possibility, rather than putting it in a reasonable, balanced perspective. I am *not* paralyzed. I have DECIDED that I IRV voting is an insane > voting method that would cause much more havoc with voting systems. > I am not talking about the decision of what voting method you, or any election method advocate, prefer. I am talking about the decision a voter makes when filling out a ballot, given a method. But I think you knew that.
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