Re:Why it's impossible to agree on what's allowed
by geor9e on Saturday February 10, 2024 @04:31PM
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You didn't get agreement from over 90% of people. That's not at all what it says.
You agreed with the majority 90% of the time.
If you don't understand the huge difference, let me illustrate an easier to understand example.
Suppose 1000 people answered 1000 questions, and all answers individually are in a 50.1% vs 49.9% split.
There's essentially no agreement at all in the group, but you got a 90% score yourself, simply by siding with the 50.1% majority on 90% of the questions.
Suppose also all 1000 people each choose a unique set of the 100 to dissent about.
So, you're in agreement with exactly 0%, the group itself essentially agreed about nothing, yet you still scored a 90%.
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