Re: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-13 Thread Curt Siffert
On May 12, 2005, at 9:24 PM, Paul Kislanko wrote: Bart Ingles wrote in respone to Paul Kislanko wrote: I would go a little farther. Since Arrow's was a PROOF in which no one has found a flaw in over 50 years, I would say that anyone who has found fault with it is not a vote theorist. But Arrow

Re: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-13 Thread Bill Clark
Curt Siffert siffert at museworld.com writes: I recently posted this addendum to the Arrow's Theorem page on wikipedia: It was immediately deleted for bias. [...] Was I out in left field for writing this? I was under the impression that many vote theorists agreed with this

[EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-12 Thread Araucaria Araucana
Curt Siffert siffert at museworld.com writes: I recently posted this addendum to the Arrow's Theorem page on wikipedia: It was immediately deleted for bias. The theorem is criticized by many vote theorists, however, for depending on flawed requirements. [...] It is the final (IIAC)

RE: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-12 Thread Paul Kislanko
Q wrote Just a thought, but stating many vote theorists without providing supporting links to referreed articles might have led to the bias decision. I'm not saying that your argument is like those supporting Intelligent Design or denying Global Warming, but perhaps as a result of the

Re: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-12 Thread Bart Ingles
Paul Kislanko wrote: I would go a little farther. Since Arrow's was a PROOF in which no one has found a flaw in over 50 years, I would say that anyone who has found fault with it is not a vote theorist. But Arrow didn't prove that IIA compliance was necessary, or even desirable (although the

RE: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-12 Thread Paul Kislanko
Bart Ingles wrote in respone to Paul Kislanko wrote: I would go a little farther. Since Arrow's was a PROOF in which no one has found a flaw in over 50 years, I would say that anyone who has found fault with it is not a vote theorist. But Arrow didn't prove that IIA compliance

Re: [EM] Re: Arrow's Theorem flawed?

2005-05-12 Thread Bart Ingles
Paul Kislanko wrote: We weren't talking about that. We were discussing election theorists found Arrow's proof flawed. The term flawed is ambiguous, and could mean something other than invalid. Although I can imagine that the Wikipeople might have taken it that way. Election-methods