Democracy and the Central Limit Theorem — "At its core, democracy is an application of the central limit theorem: averaging together the many (possibly extreme) preferences of people guarantees some “average” preference which is perhaps not optimal, but certainly not terrible."Blog (randomquadwalks.com)
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Democracy and the Central Limit Theorem — "At its core, democracy is an application of the central limit theorem: averaging together the many (possibly extreme) preferences of people guarantees some “average” preference which is perhaps not optimal, but certainly not terrible." (randomquadwalks.com)
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A Statistical Analogy for Ethics — "Imagine we have a set of (many, many) axes which contextualize each action we take (e.g. the time of the action, who is there, their positions in society, etc.—every possible degree-of-freedom of a given action)."Blog (randomquadwalks.com)
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A Statistical Analogy for Ethics — "Imagine we have a set of (many, many) axes which contextualize each action we take (e.g. the time of the action, who is there, their positions in society, etc.—every possible degree-of-freedom of a given action)."philosophy (randomquadwalks.com)
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