• partial_accumen
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    51 month ago

    it’s unprovable what might happen if a vote, known to have been cast one way, were cast some other way.

    Oh really?

    Scenario 1: Baseline

    • candidate A receives 10 votes
    • candidate B receives 9 votes
    • Outcome: Candidate A wins under plurality

    Scenario 2: Two voters for Candidate A are convinced not to vote (non-vote) or vote for a candidate other than A or B

    • candidate A receives 8 votes
    • candidate B receives 9 votes
    • Outcome: Candidate B wins under plurality

    Proof enough?

    • @PeggyLouBaldwin@lemmy.world
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      -41 month ago

      under what circumstances can you claim that two voters would vote differently, but nothing else would change? given that the circumstances changed enough for them to make a different decision, we must conclude that we don’t know enough about the fictional alternate reality to guess at the outcome.

      • partial_accumen
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        51 month ago

        indicates to me that you are detached from reality.

        And finally, after exhausting any logical defense, you arrive at ad hominem attacks! Thanks for playing have a good day!