An interesting bit of mathematical modelling on elecitons. I wasn’t aware of the Condorcet paradox.

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    12 years ago

    The post formalizes some of the mathematical problems that arise, when we project complex opinions down to simple spaces. Most notably, tagging ideas naively on a one dimensional left-right scale. Lower dimensional projections will always lose some information, though that doesn’t mean that they cannot be useful in some cases.

    One question that arises is: how many dimensions is enough to meaningfully grasp an idea?