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I have problems with people who abstained. The hard thing is, how do you change voter behavior?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I get it. But that's not conclusive.

If you're doing a test and asking people to take vanilla or chocolate ice cream, or none, you cannot know the preference of the none's.

You can guess, based on looking at their past dessert choices, but you cannot know.

Edit if you extended the experiment to say everyone will be served, and if you don't pick you get vanilla, the most you can possibly say about the none's is that they aren't offended by having vanilla picked for them. (Assume everyone will eat the food. It's the only possible food before starvation or something)

[–] SoftestSapphic 1 points 6 days ago

Nothing will ever be conclusive without being omniscient.

You are the one who decides if you keep moving the bar or stick to accepting what we can know instead of using speculation to justify hating your neighbors.