tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15677863.post114123149845977482..comments2024-01-24T22:55:50.619-05:00Comments on Political Spaghetti: A preamble to an experimentMatt Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05688340803579138040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15677863.post-1141355429208756362006-03-02T22:10:00.000-05:002006-03-02T22:10:00.000-05:00My idea, which I haven't yet determined how to imp...My idea, which I haven't yet determined how to implement, is to let groups of people elaborate on flow charts of political processes, and then determine how to augment or reduce desired outcomes. For instance, if it is everyone's goal to reduce the number of people in a population with STDs, what factors could be tweaked in a broadly politically acceptable way to achieve that end. All possibilities would be on the table -- in fact, Matt Thompson (me), the liberal, would go out of his way to include causal connections that conservatives feel are important. But then, once all "arrows" are in place, it would be our job to show which "tweaks" are the most efficient at meeting our collective goals. This could be totally quixotic, but I want to try it anyway. I want this to allow me to spend more time thinking critically, and in a group, about process rather than ideology. I'm sick of ideology. <B>I hope you will come back and see what I have in mind.</B>Matt Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688340803579138040noreply@blogger.com