woodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•If dolphins were discovered to be able to understand democracy and you were tasked to train/teach dolphins how it works, what method of voting would you designate for them?
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22 days agoGood effort comment, thanks! Are you sure about merit based evaluation for MJ? Wouldn’t people just strategically exaggerate their grades?
MJ encourages honest evaluation because exaggerating grades can backfire if too many others don’t follow suit.
I guess I don’t quite understand this point. Why wouldn’t everyone exaggerate grades?
Dolphin liberals would just tell all the dolphins to give dolphin Harris an excellent grade, insisting she was excellent in comparison to dolphin Trump. (Sorry to break out of the thought experiment.) So this:
This can help identify when all candidates are weak
wouldn’t happen when all the dolphins try to game the system. Did I misunderstand?
Ah, that makes sense, thanks for taking the time!