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From: gmack@denelvx.UUCP (Gregg MacKenzie)
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> > a few years back, the Mathematical Games column of Scientific American
> > did a little game theory analysis of the system of plain majority votes
> > in decisions.  i forget the date, but in essence, it concluded that
> > majority votes were fine if you were one of the majority, but poorly
> > represented any minorities.  
> > 
> > Herb Chong...
> 
>     Majority votes poorly represent minorities!  Wow!  Really stunning 
> results you can get from game theory.
> 
> "Certainly we can implement the short-term solutions before the long-term ones"
> -- 
> Jeff Sonntag
> ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j
>      "They're ruining this war for all of us!"- M. Hoolihan

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