sorry my reference to the Republicans distracted you. when I wrote it, I thought it so obvious that Republican’s winning is just a humorous placeholder for “whatever outcome one wants to avoid” that it would not be distracting.
Humor is hard when expressing myself in text. I think I will just give up on it altogether.
I recall another article about optimization processes or probability pumps being used to rig elections; I would imagine it’s a lighthearted reference to that, but I can’t turn it up by searching. I’m not even sure if it came before this comment.
(Richard_Hollerith2 hasn’t commented for over 2.5 years, so you’re not likely to get a response from him)
Is the bit about Republican presidents intended to stand in for humanity’s CEV’s utilty function, or is it just a distracting bit of politics?
sorry my reference to the Republicans distracted you. when I wrote it, I thought it so obvious that Republican’s winning is just a humorous placeholder for “whatever outcome one wants to avoid” that it would not be distracting.
Humor is hard when expressing myself in text. I think I will just give up on it altogether.
It was funny at the time. You had to be there.
Fixed? :P
I recall another article about optimization processes or probability pumps being used to rig elections; I would imagine it’s a lighthearted reference to that, but I can’t turn it up by searching. I’m not even sure if it came before this comment.
(Richard_Hollerith2 hasn’t commented for over 2.5 years, so you’re not likely to get a response from him)
I noticed this right after I commented. Oops.