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From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 20:37:30


Joel wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>
>>> I disagree with your assumption that "People who have not yet voted
>>> are now more likely vote for the currently posted top candidates".
>>> This assumption is simply flawed. I also disagree with your
>>> statement that "This has nothing to do with intelligence". Of
>>> course it has.
>>
>> You are wrong on both counts. Statement #1 is true because people may
>> only look at the tally page. Statement #2 is true because this is
>> due to lack of time, not lack of intelligence.
>
> Ehm, you are missing an "in my opinion" there somewhere ;-)

No, I am not. This is not an opinion, it is a fact, although the sample size
(1) is a bit small.


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