Re:How is search so bad? A case study
by dragonwriter on Monday January 20, 2020 @06:01AM
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> Now you just did the same thing I did but in reverse!
No, I didn't.
> See my comments about more specific words for plurality such as "most".
“Most” (as an adjective applied to a group) is for a majority, not a plurality, but that's okay, because 57% is an absolute majority, anyway, which is why my reference, which did use “most” for a majority, was not what you did.
Re:How is search so bad? A case study
by arminiusreturns on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:15AM
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I disagree with your definition of most.
https://electowiki.org/wiki/Majority
Maybe not the best source, but quite a few sites returned similar verbiage about most usually but not always referring to a plurality. I'm open to correction on this point, and am genuinely curious about this meta argument now. Having a hard time finding a statistical dictionary that references the words we are using here (majority, most, etc).
Can I even reply beyond this point?
Re:How is search so bad? A case study
by arminiusreturns on Monday January 20, 2020 @06:47PM
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Are you asking rhetorically in a facetious way or a real question? If the former am I missing something (like maybe I said something dumb, it's happened before)?
> most Americans specifically identify as either Democrats or Republicans
Now you just did the same thing I did but in reverse! See my comments about more specific words for plurality such as "most".
> independents are given outsize importance by the major media
I don't think independents are given much importance at all by the major media, but I have increasingly disconnected from that circus too so I might not be a good judge of it.