May 2011
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Was I rude?
Phone: ring ring ... ring ring ... ring ring ...
Me: Hello. [phone number]
Phone: I need to talk to the owner of the computer in the house.
Me: No you don't. Not interested. Bye.
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“Seriously, I’d like the Don’t Knows to get in. They are the only...”
– @keithfrankish on Twitter.
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April 2011
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The FactCheck Blog - FactCheck: AV round-up – the... →
Brief corrective summary of misinformation in the referendum campaigns for and against changing the British voting system. Though I have to say that the misinformation from the No campaign is by far the most blatant and cynical.
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Is Reasoning Built for Winning Arguments, Rather... →
We may have evolved not to argue rationally, but to find arguments which will persuade others of our point of view.
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Is AV better than FPTP? « Gowers's Weblog →
Very thorough examination of the arguments about chainging the British voting system. The answer is, of course, that it is better. In many cases, it is possible to mathematically disprove the claims made by the No2AV campaign.
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