[EM] ATLO foils defectgion in James' example

James Green-Armytage jarmyta at antioch-college.edu
Sat May 29 17:08:04 PDT 2004


Mike wrote:
>I already said this, but it was buried in a long posting, and I wanted to 
>say it with its own subject-line.
>If the A & B voters apply ATLO below their favorite, and rank sincerely,
>the 
>co-operation/defection dilemma in James' example doesn't happen.
>Defection 
>is foiled. In particular, when the A voters use ATLO and vote sincerely,
>the 
>B voters, if they truncate or order-reverse against A, can't accomplish 
>anything but the election of C. They'd know that, and they wouldh't try
>it.
>Mike Ossipoff

Sorry, Mike, but I don't know what ATLO is. Please don't expect me to keep
track of all your acronyms... there are just too many.

thanks,
James




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