[EM] Re: The "Turkey" problem and limited ranks

Bart Ingles bartman at netgate.net
Tue May 20 22:27:01 PDT 2003


Oh, right, I guess plurality doesn't qualify as "giving better results
in the zero information case".  Although at the moment I can't quite see
how this makes it less manipulable.


Bart Ingles wrote:
> 
> Would you say that this type of manipulation is a major problem with the
> plurality system we have now?
> 
> Bart
> 
> Forest Simmons wrote:
> 
> > My main reservation about plain Approval and other low resolution methods
> > is a nagging feeling that methods that give better results in the zero
> > information case than in the perfect information case can be manipulated
> > too much by fake information.
> >
> > Can anybody elucidate this?



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