“this is in the top three movies I will see this year”
He can’t say that. He doesn’t even know how many movies he is going to see.
If he knows, that he is going to watch another N movies this year, he can only say “this is in the top N+1 movies I will see this year”. If that was the best movie so far.
The problem statement should be taken on face value, not argued with. But if you’re interested in the motivation, I was trying to design a review system that wouldn’t suffer from score inflation and payola (“every decent movie is 4 stars out of 5”). The problem you see is in fact the whole point. If you don’t feel confident enough that a movie will be in your top 3, say that it will be in your top 10. Your lack of confidence is an important signal of your true beliefs about the movie and viewers deserve to know it :-)
He can’t say that. He doesn’t even know how many movies he is going to see.
If he knows, that he is going to watch another N movies this year, he can only say “this is in the top N+1 movies I will see this year”. If that was the best movie so far.
The problem statement should be taken on face value, not argued with. But if you’re interested in the motivation, I was trying to design a review system that wouldn’t suffer from score inflation and payola (“every decent movie is 4 stars out of 5”). The problem you see is in fact the whole point. If you don’t feel confident enough that a movie will be in your top 3, say that it will be in your top 10. Your lack of confidence is an important signal of your true beliefs about the movie and viewers deserve to know it :-)
I’ll pass. Maybe somebody else will solve this problem of yours. Too vague for me.