[EM] Idea I had- "The Psephocrina"

[David Catchpole]

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On Wed, 17 May 2000, Bart Ingles wrote:

> What about Polytopes?
> 
> 
> David Catchpole wrote:
> > 
> > Here's an idea I had for how we can best put our expertise in one
> > well-organised place- we have some kind of dynamic text, really an archive
> > of documents on the web- I'd call it the "Psephocrina" (psepho, as in
> > psephology and crinos , as in endocrinology- so Psephocriny or
> > Psephocrina is the "sorting of votes" or "outcomes of voting"). It would
> > start off basically as a rip-off of Blake's FAQ page but it would
> > hopefully constitute an easily accessible and dynamic text, which would
> > allow an outsider to start from scratch and end up with some understanding
> > of what we're up to, and to which we would each have some degree of team
> > responsibility for submitting or updating chapters on particular
> > areas. Key principles would be-
> > 
> > - the Psephocrina is intended to be a stand alone text and an extensive
> > documentation of voting theory etc. starting from first principles, with a
> > particular emphasis on describing and documenting various formalisms and
> > cultures of thought and interest in voting theory from first principles.
> > 
> > - we each regularly make a pledge to submit or update a chapter- and do
> > it!
> > 
> > - the Psephocrina includes a "manifesto appendix" where people can air
> > their obsessions unrestrained by formality.
> > 
> > Ideas?
> 
> 

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