• partial_accumen
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    56 months ago

    You’re moving the goalposts. What was being discussed is if a vote would have gone to Biden, but becomes a non-vote, then that absolutely helps Trump under plurality voting.

      • partial_accumen
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        46 months ago

        I wasn’t sure either. I was curious how far the script would go. I think I finally go to the end of it with its ad hominem attacks finally arriving.

    • @PeggyLouBaldwin
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      -46 months ago

      it’s unprovable what might happen if a vote, known to have been cast one way, were cast some other way. this is known as a “counterfactual” and they are, tautologically, unprovable.

      • partial_accumen
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        56 months ago

        it’s unprovable what might happen if a vote, known to have been cast one way, were cast some other way.

        Oh really?

        Scenario 1: Baseline

        • candidate A receives 10 votes
        • candidate B receives 9 votes
        • Outcome: Candidate A wins under plurality

        Scenario 2: Two voters for Candidate A are convinced not to vote (non-vote) or vote for a candidate other than A or B

        • candidate A receives 8 votes
        • candidate B receives 9 votes
        • Outcome: Candidate B wins under plurality

        Proof enough?

        • @PeggyLouBaldwin
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          -46 months ago

          under what circumstances can you claim that two voters would vote differently, but nothing else would change? given that the circumstances changed enough for them to make a different decision, we must conclude that we don’t know enough about the fictional alternate reality to guess at the outcome.

        • @PeggyLouBaldwin
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          -46 months ago

          no, and the quixotic attempt at proving a counterfactual indicates to me that you are detached from reality.

          • partial_accumen
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            56 months ago

            indicates to me that you are detached from reality.

            And finally, after exhausting any logical defense, you arrive at ad hominem attacks! Thanks for playing have a good day!

            • @PeggyLouBaldwin
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              -46 months ago

              it is not ad hominem to insist that someone who refuses basic tenets of reasoning is not dealing with reality.