I was referring to CronoDAS who said that they voted in ’08. Eliezer didn’t; ‘whenever possible’ is pretty slippery.
(Not that I think there’s any point to asking how Eliezer votes, being that he lives in California, I thought. In a state like that, voting is a pure waste of time, unless someone has come up with a really ingenious version of Newcomb’s Paradox showing you should vote even when you know your vote won’t make a difference.)
Margins matter—politicians don’t want to take a chance when they don’t have to, and if it looks like some policy leads to weaker support or stronger support, they act accordingly.
I was referring to CronoDAS who said that they voted in ’08. Eliezer didn’t; ‘whenever possible’ is pretty slippery.
(Not that I think there’s any point to asking how Eliezer votes, being that he lives in California, I thought. In a state like that, voting is a pure waste of time, unless someone has come up with a really ingenious version of Newcomb’s Paradox showing you should vote even when you know your vote won’t make a difference.)
Margins matter—politicians don’t want to take a chance when they don’t have to, and if it looks like some policy leads to weaker support or stronger support, they act accordingly.