[Lnc-business] Article on Libertarians affecting Senate races

[Joshua Katz]

Nice article, but the author needs a refresher on how to discuss
percentages. According to what he wrote, as opposed to what he meant, if
Sarvis had 100 votes, if he hadn't run, 5 would have stayed home, 1 would
have voted GOP, and the rest would have ceased to exist.
On Aug 3, 2014 6:16 PM, "Daniel Wiener" <wiener at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> This article from Fox News includes some good quotes from Wes Benedict:
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/02/libertarians-factor-in-key-senate-races-but-downplay-gop-spoiler-theory/
>
> Dan Wiener
>
> --
> *"In general, we look for a new law by the following process. First, we
> guess it (audience laughter), no, don’t laugh, that’s the truth. Then we
> compute the consequences of the guess, to see what, if this is right, if
> this law we guess is right, to see what it would imply and then we compare
> the computation results to nature or we say compare to experiment or
> experience, compare it directly with observations to see if it works. If it
> disagrees with experiment, it’s WRONG. In that simple statement is the key
> to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it
> doesn’t matter how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is.
> If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.”*
> -- Richard Feynman
>
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