Re: The n-knights problem

A.L. <alewando@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
} On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:24:58 +0000 (UTC), russell kym horsell
} <kym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
} >A.L. <alewando@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
} >> What Arrow Theorem has in common with problem discussed in this
} >> thread?..
} >They don't give Nobels out for problems that are not of fundamental
} >relevance. :)
} >Anytime you here a sentence with the word "better" or "worse" in it,
} >you know someone is using some kind of utility function. The next
} >question you should ask is -- can utility functions be constructed,
} >and -- if so -- under what conditions?
} Arrow Theorem is about the inability to construct utility function
} that would aggregate individual preferences of multiple agents and
} applies to situations known as "group decision making". What has
} nothing common with the problem discussed in this thread.
[...]

Just as long as you're not using a "group decision" based on
combining several types of evidence when you say that. :)

Many people can't apply mathematical reasoning.

As I've mentioned before, the usual complaint is "that is about
sociology", presumably because that was the first web page they saw
when they googled after hearing it for the first time.
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