[EM] Re: Sincere Methods

Forest Simmons simmonfo at up.edu
Thu Mar 24 16:32:40 PST 2005


> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:50:26 +0100
> From: Jobst Heitzig <heitzig-j at web.de>
> There is no sincere way to specify utilities.
>
> Prove me wrong and tell me what a sincere utility could possibly be!
>

How about the probability that the candidate in question would represent 
me accurately in his vote on a random vote in congress.

Then the total CR for that candidate would be an estimate of the expected 
number of voters that would be accurately represented by that candidate on 
a random vote in congress.

Forest



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