Ep 33 Ch 13 "Choices" Part 1. Some readings and remarks.
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The Misconception of Mathematics
David Wheeler: Mathematical knowledge is not infallible. Every apportionment rule that stays within quota suffers from the population paradox, he says. This powerful no-go theorem explains the long string of historical failures to solve the apportionment problem., writes Wheeler. But if representative Mills meant that mathematicians are society's best judges of fairness, then he was simply mistaken, argues Wheeler.
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