I don’t think it’s a good heuristic, and I don’t think you do either. Reversed stupidity is not intelligence, and it’s more efficient to tug “sideways”.
For issues that are split around 95%-5%, I wouldn’t be surprised if the proportion of idiots had very little correlation to the truth of the causes.
I don’t think it’s a good heuristic, and I don’t think you do either. Reversed stupidity is not intelligence, and it’s more efficient to tug “sideways”.
For issues that are split around 95%-5%, I wouldn’t be surprised if the proportion of idiots had very little correlation to the truth of the causes.
The assumption is that you’re in a two-choice vote, where there is no way to pull the rope sideways.