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See Wittman to see if that is the main argument.
 
See Wittman to see if that is the main argument.
 
It can't be, because information theory says we cannot represent all the information in one bit.  Thus, Caplan is entirely mistaken in his thesis.  The real answer is that there is a feedback loop, with voting as the amplifier.  This makes politicians move towards positions desired by voters.  Some may want to characterize those positions as correct, but the real answer is that there is no blatant incorrectness to the voters perceptions.  Different than initiative or referendum.
 
It can't be, because information theory says we cannot represent all the information in one bit.  Thus, Caplan is entirely mistaken in his thesis.  The real answer is that there is a feedback loop, with voting as the amplifier.  This makes politicians move towards positions desired by voters.  Some may want to characterize those positions as correct, but the real answer is that there is no blatant incorrectness to the voters perceptions.  Different than initiative or referendum.
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"reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions,"  David Hume

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