Re: [EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-07-08 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
robert bristow-johnson wrote: i was looking for Kristofer's posts to EM and came across this, i may have missed it: On Jun 22, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: I've mentioned it before, but I think Condorcet enjoys an additional advantage here. Say there's a CW and he is not

Re: [EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-07-08 Thread Juho Laatu
On 8.7.2011, at 11.00, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: But now consider a parallel universe where the CW always won (and these victories were significant, i.e. people really preferred the CW to the rest). Say Montroll won. Then Kiss-supporters and Wright-supporters might try to unite in the

Re: [EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-07-08 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Juho Laatu wrote: On 8.7.2011, at 11.00, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: But now consider a parallel universe where the CW always won (and these victories were significant, i.e. people really preferred the CW to the rest). Say Montroll won. Then Kiss-supporters and Wright-supporters might try to

Re: [EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-07-08 Thread Juho Laatu
Some more observations. Party officials and representatives have more weight in decision making than regular voters. The opinions of regular supporters of party A could be ACentristB, but the opinions of people whose future and career are tied to the party have more ACentristB orientation.

Re: [EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-07-07 Thread robert bristow-johnson
i was looking for Kristofer's posts to EM and came across this, i may have missed it: On Jun 22, 2011, at 5:30 AM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm wrote: robert bristow-johnson wrote: On Jun 21, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Markus Schulze wrote: Hallo, Eric Maskin, a Nobel laureate, is currently very

[EM] Composite methods (Re: Eric Maskin promotes the Black method)

2011-06-22 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
robert bristow-johnson wrote: On Jun 21, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Markus Schulze wrote: Hallo, Eric Maskin, a Nobel laureate, is currently very active in promoting the Black method. and we've all been groping for a name for this primary voting criteria that is not this non-American, Frenchie,