nah, I'm reckoning he'd fancy being "Master of the Universe" that way ALL his votes would make a difference
Who needs friends when you can have subjects!
Not a very good reason to abstain from the democratic process. You can cite mathematical clap-trap all you want, but it's wasted on me so don't go there. Does your failure to vote also mean you don't bother to acquaint yourself with the issues?
There's no fascination with it.
I am fascinated however how most people seem to overlook this glaringly obvious statistical fact.
This is fair enough, but;Its all down to your personal preference. If you can't be bothered to participate in the democratic process and have your voice heard then so be it. If you want other people to make the decisions that you are unwilling to make for yourself go right ahead. If you feel that you don't want to exercise your democratic right to vote, a right that people have died to attain, a right that millions don't even have, fair enough.
This makes no logical sense. The people that did vote are the ones that have no business complaining! - They are the ones after all that 'made the decision'.One request though: When everyone else makes the decision for you, don't complain if you don't agree with it.
i.e. the likelihood of my vote having any difference to the overall outcome is basically nil.
And with tha in mind, for me to take it upon myself, while minding my own business and choosing not to vote will have no impact whatsoever.
I'm just saying there is no incentive for me to get off the couch and vote because basically I can say with near certainty that it's gonna make absolutely no bit of difference to teh outcome in the end.
hmmm, again this business of deriving "logic" from "statistics and probability". Statistics and probability are inherently uncertain, or rather certainty is a specific outcome where the probability is one and the statistical sample size is one. I think you are bandying words without actually providing the basis of your calculation..... but it's more of a probability issue.
The reality is that statistically speaking it's pretty much as good a nailed on certainty you'll ever find that 1 vote won't make the difference.
I'm coming at this from a mathematical angle.
Given that his contention is based on "statistics" and probability he would have to bow to the maths and vote. A population of 1 produces certainty which would mean that his vote would count, worth getting off the couch for!yes, but would he bother voting?
I think you are bandying words without actually providing the basis of your calculation.
I think we can all agree that teh difference betrween the winner and loser in an election being 1 vote is very slim - so i'm presuming it's obvioulsy not that.
Hmm, again the fascination with the lynchpin vote. I assume you want to be the piece of paper that was the last one counted?
The fundamental difference between you and those who vote then qwertyuiop is not their fascination with democracy or ignorance of statistics. The fundamental difference is that my one vote (ignoring for a moment PR) has a value of 1, your vote has a value of 1/1000000. So again it comes down to a fascination you have with the importance of your vote.
I suppose my question is this.
What do you get out of it in going to the trouble of going down to the polling station given that your one vote,in all likelihood, will have no bearing whatsoever on the outcome?
Your point makes no sense.
Your vote may well have a value of 1.
But when that one is one of a million or so,in relative terms, it is near worthless.
And that is the important point whcih you seem to ignore.
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