[EM] very simple email poll

[Chris Benham]

Jobst,
I reply "yes" to all three, least emphatically for question 1.

It must be a very low % turnout and/or a very small "society"!

Chris Benham



Jobst Heitzig wrote:

>Hello folks,
>
>I would be very glad if all of you would take one minute's time to answer this very simple email poll!
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>Consider a situation with three options A,B,C and only two voters, whose ratings* are as follows:
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>voter 1: A 100, C 50, B 0
>voter 2: B 100, C 50, A 0
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>Now please answer these three questions with "yes" or "no":
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>1. Is C socially preferable to A? ___
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>2. Is tossing a coin to decide between A and B socially preferable to A? ___
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>3. Is C socially preferable to tossing a coin to decide between A and B? ___
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>Thank you very much!
>Jobst
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>*If you want, you may interpret the ratings as the best information we have about "individual utility".
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