tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055583406917680385.post3227318159213040514..comments2023-05-19T09:55:15.881+01:00Comments on Analysis and Synthesis: Turing's secret papersRichard Baronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17869390364282686725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055583406917680385.post-14273503167278135532012-11-07T18:22:50.397+00:002012-11-07T18:22:50.397+00:00I think you could say something like this.
Some c...I think you could say something like this.<br /><br />Some course of action will cost each of our citizens 5 units, but will benefit each citizen in some other country 3 units.<br /><br />Our country has 60 million people, and the other country has 190 million people.<br /><br />If you did not weight citizens differently, you would adopt the course of action, because the cost would be 300 million units but the benefit would be 570 million units.<br /><br />If you weighted your own citizens twice as heavily as the citizens of the other country, you would not adopt the course of action, because the cost would be 600 million units and the benefit would be 570 million units.<br /><br />The big difficulty is to get those numbers of cost and benefit, the 5 units and the 3 units, in the first place. That is one for the economists and the psychologists to work on, using methods like conjoint analysis.Richard Baronhttp://www.rbphilo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055583406917680385.post-34503526212280158682012-11-07T15:58:54.927+00:002012-11-07T15:58:54.927+00:00How do you express an interest in a number ?
Can ...How do you express an interest in a number ? <br />Can you give an example ? <br /><br />What works is a vote of mature citizens or subjects who vote for or against a particular decision. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com