I've always liked;
...the IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters.
T Pratchett
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Is majority decision a good way to determine things?
- Thread starter lewisnotmiller
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I've always liked;
...the IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters.
T Pratchett
Mate, we could totally show these bozos how it’s supposed to be done
Oops. I missed it. I change the answer to be I should rule the Earth (and RF as a consequence). My word is law and if you forget it, you will pay for your disobedience and disloyalty.
All of the things.
If we hit exactly 50% I'm worried we'll never be able to make any decisions ever again.
That's what I was hoping for
I'll wait to see how the majority votes.
And we should have expected it would forget to be complete. It does not ask whether anything like "rules" might be considered. Things like, you know, constitutions -- that say "not everything can be majority based." Usually around concepts like minority rights, and that sort of thing.
And if that is the case, the answer is an even more definitive "no." Majorities might, for example, decide that the family in "that" house down the street should all be killed -- and because they have a majority, might be considered right to actually do it.
There is, in my view, a strongly overriding mandate to protect minorities from the tyranny of (often over-emotional, heated) majorities. That is the function of the fundamental rules about how we govern ourselves (often codified in constitutions).
Apparently, I actually voted no. odd that.
Nah, I'll leave such trivialities to non-jokes thread polls.
Here, we believe in yes and no answers to vague questions which can't possibly be answered with yes/no answers. Much more room for comedic posting.
That's a good answer. I'm really hoping 'No' wins, and not just because that was my choice.
The irony of having a poll pointing out that majority decision making isn't great, via the mechanism of majority decision making tickles my fancy.
It's almost criminal that there isn't a "WAIT!!!!!!!" option.
I thought about it, but figured people prone to procrastination wouldn't be bold enough to select it anyway.
No. I don’t need a majority to decide what I am going to do when I get out of bed. Ef them!