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Re: Math and the electoral college's virtue
Posted:
Nov 12, 2000 4:26 AM
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and then you
>>randomly (uniformly) select an individual vote from all the votes cast and
>>make the decision based solely on that.
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Hi All,
Long, long ago (about 50 years) I read a science fiction story wherein a
computer selected a single individual and he would decide the election. (I
don't remember if the computer used intelligent or random selection --- I
believe the individual was the "most" representative of the population.)
The guy was nervous, of course, and didn't sleep well. A government
official came by and asked him what he thought of the price of eggs, etc.
Alas, I remember not the story title, author, or outcome,
Best wishes, Jim
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