On the limits of free speech
Are you in favor of free speech? Most readers and most people in general will say yes, and many even consider themselves free speech absolutists. If asked why, they might…
What’s the right dose of democracy?
If you haven't done so already, take the reader survey here! In medicine, there's the occasional discussion of the dose response function of some drug. People wisely assume that it…
How bad is the Hungarian democracy? A quantitative approach
Hungarian president Viktor Orbán is not popular with western media and academics. This is obvious as he is a national conservative, and that's the least favorite group according to journalist…
Crowdsourcing a dataset: Multiparty democracies, election thresholds and running for parliament
I've decided to re-do my old and not too well done 2013 study. It goes like this, for multiparty democracies: Countries differ in the number of houses: 1 vs. 2.…
Recent paper about democracy and self-assessment/Dunning-Kruger
More mainstream article that mentioned the study: http://news.yahoo.com/people-arent-smart-enough-democracy-flourish-scientists-185601411.html The actual paper: A Mathematical Model of Democratic Elections Original Dunning-Kruger paper: unskilledandunaware "Abstract: Democratic election is the preferred method for determining…