2011/8/24 Markus Schulze <markus.schu...@alumni.tu-berlin.de> > Hallo, > > I wrote (24 Aug 2011): > > > > In my opinion, the "Voting Reform Statement" > > endorses too many alternative election methods. > > Opponents will argue that this long list > > demonstrates that even we don't have a clue > > which election method should be adopted. > > Jameson Quinn wrote (24 Aug 2011): > > > > Is that worse than what happens if we can't > > agree? > > Well, one of the most frequently used arguments > against Condorcet methods is that there are too > many Condorcet methods and that there is no > agreement on the best one. >
Yes. And will not agreeing on a consensus statement help that situation? What I'm saying is: yes, it would be ideal if we could reduce the list and all unite behind one system. But we as voting theorists should be able to find a way to keep this apparently-unattainable ideal from getting in the way of whatever agreement is actually possible. JQ
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