The formalism is important because the default assumption people use as to how CEV will be implemented is that it will be implemented by averaging value systems together.
I think that many people downvote anything containing a proof if they think that any step in the proof is wrong. But those downvotes aren’t just interpreted by others as meaning “this proof is incorrect”; they’re interpreted as meaning “this topic is unimportant” or “this approach is uninteresting”.
My formalism is important, if for no other reason than because it is the only one addressing the question of averaging values together. It is the only work ever done on this particular critical step of CEV.
But those downvotes aren’t just interpreted by others as meaning “this proof is incorrect”; they’re interpreted as meaning “this topic is unimportant” or “this approach is uninteresting”.
This goes the other way too. Often people will vote up posts for being interesting, and others can erroneously interpret the up votes as indicating the post is correct. I think it would be better if such a post were downvoted (not excessively) and some people left comments explaining that though the topic is interesting, the argument and conclusions are not correct. Someone who sees this and is capable of writing a better, correct article on the topic would be encouraged to do so.
Would it be worthwhile (given the added complexity) to vote on different aspects of posts, so it has seperately reported karma scores for correctness, being interesting, being a good approach, being useful, being entertaining, ect?
Would it be worthwhile (given the added complexity) to vote on different aspects of posts, so it has seperately reported karma scores for correctness, being interesting, being a good approach, being useful, being entertaining, ect?
I would support a more complex karma system like that, and I think you’ve got a reasonable set of categories.
I’m assuming it would be grafted onto the old system, so that old karma score would be retained, but the more specific scores would be the only ones which could be added.
“Interesting” and “entertaining” karma shouldn’t count for getting permission to do top level posts.
The formalism is important because the default assumption people use as to how CEV will be implemented is that it will be implemented by averaging value systems together.
I think that many people downvote anything containing a proof if they think that any step in the proof is wrong. But those downvotes aren’t just interpreted by others as meaning “this proof is incorrect”; they’re interpreted as meaning “this topic is unimportant” or “this approach is uninteresting”.
My formalism is important, if for no other reason than because it is the only one addressing the question of averaging values together. It is the only work ever done on this particular critical step of CEV.
No it isn’t. What about the entire field of voting theory?
I initially thought that it doesn’t address the question of the value of the output of the system, but on reflection it does. So, I stand corrected.
This goes the other way too. Often people will vote up posts for being interesting, and others can erroneously interpret the up votes as indicating the post is correct. I think it would be better if such a post were downvoted (not excessively) and some people left comments explaining that though the topic is interesting, the argument and conclusions are not correct. Someone who sees this and is capable of writing a better, correct article on the topic would be encouraged to do so.
Would it be worthwhile (given the added complexity) to vote on different aspects of posts, so it has seperately reported karma scores for correctness, being interesting, being a good approach, being useful, being entertaining, ect?
I would support a more complex karma system like that, and I think you’ve got a reasonable set of categories.
I’m assuming it would be grafted onto the old system, so that old karma score would be retained, but the more specific scores would be the only ones which could be added.
“Interesting” and “entertaining” karma shouldn’t count for getting permission to do top level posts.