Ask HN: Is there a way to quantify opinions into a tangible tree/graph?

Posted by trexen on Monday November 12, 2018 @10:11AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Take any given topic, say political for example.

Say the president does or says something.

Is there a way to quantify everyone's opinion about this into a tangible set of statements that you can agree or disagree with?

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a way to quantify opinions into a tangib... by ethiclub on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @10:58PM (#18447351)

In addition to ACH (mentioned by tboyd47), there is argument mapping.

https://www.rationaleonline.com/docs/en/tutorials#h9qc66

See rationale for software:

https://www.reasoninglab.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a way to quantify opinions into a tangib... by PaulHoule on Monday November 12, 2018 @11:33AM (#18433563)

There are many ways to do it.

You could load documents containing facts, opinions or other information into a database and then add another "table" that links one thing to another so we can say that "opinion B is a response to opinion A" or that any sort of relationship exists between them.

I think this even more interesting when we apply it to a set of documents that have business, engineering or science value.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a way to quantify opinions into a tangib... by tboyd47 on Monday November 12, 2018 @10:35AM (#18433174)

Yes! There is a great way to do this called ACH (Analysis of Competing Hypothesis). It's a wonderful way to clarify your thoughts about a complex issue. It is used within the CIA.

http://competinghypotheses.org/docs/ACH,_Step_By_Step

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