Talk:Political spectrum

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Revision as of 09:45, 2 October 2020 by Kristomun (talk | contribs) (→‎Horseshoe theory: new section)

Is there a good reason to have an article here instead of just deferring to Wikipedia's?

Politics is really a multi-dimensional space, and the 2D spectrum you've included is just one example of a projection onto 2D space. — Psephomancy (talk) 19:04, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I am not sure if this page is needed since the wikipedia one is reasonable. The work we are doing on voting simulation is about simulating in a 2D political spectrum space. Eventually I would like to put some of that work here. Should at least add the flag that there is a corresponding wikipedia page. Politics is definitely a multi dimensional space but it may not be the same space for all people. This is touched on a bit in Ideal Representation --Dr. Edmonds (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Horseshoe theory

I removed the reference to horseshoe theory from the Three Telos model section, because it doesn't seem that a ternary representation would support horseshoe theory. In order for the diagram to do that, wouldn't it have to wrap around in some way, like a cylinder or sphere? If it should be there, feel free to reinstate it with an explanation of how it relates to the telos model. Kristomun (talk) 09:45, 2 October 2020 (UTC)