• Saledovil@sh.itjust.works
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      13 days ago

      The idea behind wisdom of the crowd is that the people who don’t know the answer cancel each other out. It’s the reason why the audience joker on who wants to be a millionaire is so powerful.

    • Sonor@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      This might not be true. Depending on where you live, your vote could be worth about 0.8th of what this guys vote is worth

      • Homescool@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Casper and Cheyenne Wyoming have the 75k most powerful voters in the country.

        They control the same number of US Senators as the world’s 5th largest economy.

        The fact that 75k can filibuster 40m is the peak of absurdity.

    • little_tuptup@lemmy.ml
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      13 days ago

      Devil’s advocate. We should only let a select few who we deem as intelligent to vote for us?

    • Ferrous@lemmy.ml
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      13 days ago

      Such a shame. We ought to implement some type of criteria based on reading and comprehension skills that allows you to vote.

      A literacy test, if you will.