On 26/07/14 02:42, Bishop Bettini wrote: > So I'm all for open information. My point is about human factors. When the > results are listed alongside the argument, the results themselves *become > part of the argument*. That is the nature of the bandwagon effect. *The > brain treats the results as a data point.* While $personA might be able to > compartmentalize, $personB might not. To the extent we can help people stay > focused on the issue, we should, to preserve the essence of the vote.
We have had this debate already and perhaps there should be a hidden vote on it, but since many of us simply do not have a vote, seeing how people who's opinions we respect voted is an important element! Even those who do vote made it clear that how people are voting DOES affect their decision on if they bother to vote. Alright getting more people voting may be important, but in many cases the vote is almost pointless as agreement has already been reached so there is no need to waste the time ... where things are split it was the fact that voters could not see the status that was complained about more. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
