Comments on: Vote http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/ An educational community for students and doctors spanning all the health professions. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: aaron http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2374 aaron Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:38:35 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2374 Obama won, ready to pay tax fellows Obama won, ready to pay tax fellows

]]> By: admin http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2368 admin Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:58:53 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2368 Not required, but good to have in case of problems at the polling site. Not required, but good to have in case of problems at the polling site.

]]> By: bill http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2367 bill Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:56:07 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2367 Photo ID is not required, as stupid as that is. Photo ID is not required, as stupid as that is.

]]> By: Decicco http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2359 Decicco Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:17:47 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2359 Why isn't Bob Barr on the poll? Why isn’t Bob Barr on the poll?

]]> By: Josh http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2348 Josh Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:17:14 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2348 Yeah it sure will be great when NObama wins, especially for us future physicians who's salaries will be cut in fractions and when we have 200K to pay back in student loans. Yeah universal healthcare sure sounds great. Yeah it sure will be great when NObama wins, especially for us future physicians who’s salaries will be cut in fractions and when we have 200K to pay back in student loans. Yeah universal healthcare sure sounds great.

]]> By: Joe http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2346 Joe Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:40:16 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2346 Interesting post Interesting post

]]> By: a_c http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2344 a_c Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:55:37 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2344 Rational ignorance is a term most often found in economics, particularly public choice theory, but also used in other disciplines which study rationality and choice, including philosophy (epistemology) and game theory. Ignorance about an issue is said to be "rational" when the cost of educating oneself about the issue sufficiently to make an informed decision can outweigh any potential benefit one could reasonably expect to gain from that decision, and so it would be irrational to waste time doing so. This has consequences for the quality of decisions made by large numbers of people, such as general elections, where the probability of any one vote changing the outcome is very small. Rational ignorance is a term most often found in economics, particularly public choice theory, but also used in other disciplines which study rationality and choice, including philosophy (epistemology) and game theory.

Ignorance about an issue is said to be “rational” when the cost of educating oneself about the issue sufficiently to make an informed decision can outweigh any potential benefit one could reasonably expect to gain from that decision, and so it would be irrational to waste time doing so. This has consequences for the quality of decisions made by large numbers of people, such as general elections, where the probability of any one vote changing the outcome is very small.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.studentdoctor.net/2008/11/vote/#comment-2343 Bryan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:49:21 +0000 http://www.studentdoctor.net/?p=613#comment-2343 It will be a great night when Obama wins! :) It will be a great night when Obama wins! :)

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