http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/01/some-structural.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/01/some-structural.html#comment-410167 Aleks Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:04:11 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/01/some-structural-biases-of-the-political-system.html#comment-410167 Andrew, another good (if obvious) counterexample to the median voter rule is that extreme voters are more likely to go and bother to vote than median voters. Andrew, another good (if obvious) counterexample to the median voter rule is that extreme voters are more likely to go and bother to vote than median voters.

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/01/some-structural.html#comment-410166 Eliezer Yudkowsky Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:13:51 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/01/some-structural-biases-of-the-political-system.html#comment-410166 I wasn't necessarily arguing that the demographics of Congress <i>should</i> match the demographics of the general population, just asking people to be <i>aware of</i> the fact that politicians resemble each other more than they resemble voters of the same party. A professional political class is not a bad thing - government ain't half as easy as it looks - but you should keep them under tight supervision. I wasn’t necessarily arguing that the demographics of Congress should match the demographics of the general population, just asking people to be aware of the fact that politicians resemble each other more than they resemble voters of the same party. A professional political class is not a bad thing – government ain’t half as easy as it looks – but you should keep them under tight supervision.

]]> http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/01/some-structural.html#comment-410165 Robin Hanson Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:43:06 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/01/some-structural-biases-of-the-political-system.html#comment-410165 Here we are talking about "biases" as deviations from some ideal, an ideal which is not obviously feasible. It is not obvious that such biases can be overcome. Here we are talking about “biases” as deviations from some ideal, an ideal which is not obviously feasible. It is not obvious that such biases can be overcome.

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