Answer by Nick Hook for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
I stumbled across this thread as I was interested to know how people with higher than average intelligence vote, and vice versa. The scenario posed here is obviously very different yet I suppose at...
View ArticleAnswer by Dolphin 613 Motorboat for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
There are several concepts of intelligence. What you seem to be talking about is crystallized intelligence, which involves incorporating some domain knowledge... which is why answers/comments talking...
View ArticleAnswer by C Lane for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
To answer your inquiry for examples: no, there haven't been any notable instances of voting power based on intelligence alone. However, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, there were a number of...
View ArticleAnswer by Chickenuggets for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
I have actually thought of the same idea myself actually however with further thought this brings up all sorts of issues many which is mentioned by other posters.The first issue that I see with this,...
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This is not fair because there are several types of intelligence, so wich one to rate? the one wich would favour mostly your candidate?Also one important point is that politicians no longer have...
View ArticleAnswer by Qwerky for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
You ask if any government has done this before. The answer may somewhat be yes, due to the old University constituencies in the United Kingdom. The UK Parliament used to have elected members who...
View ArticleAnswer by user8398 for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
If I recall correctly, one study concluded that America is meritocratic; in that the most intelligent people get the best jobs... but the catch was that the most intelligent people tend to cluster from...
View ArticleAnswer by coteyr for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
Let's assume for a moment that there is a way to test for "intelligence" and that the test is genuine. Let's also assume that it can be taken quickly and with ease. And that the test itself can apply a...
View ArticleAnswer by MrWonderful for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
"I am aware that not all people with low intelligence make bad decisions and that not all intelligent people make good decisions, but I think that on average, the more intelligent a person is, the...
View ArticleAnswer by Peschke for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
This system would fail and is a bad idea. There is no accurate way to determine an individual's intelligence simply because everyone is intelligent in different areas. Farmers are much more intelligent...
View ArticleAnswer by Sam I am says Reinstate Monica for Vote amount according to...
Yes, it has happened before. In fact, the United States use to do it. Certain states use to make you pass a Literacy Test in order to vote. I know that you said that you said in the comments "I want to...
View ArticleAnswer by Rasmus for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
The problem with any system based on meritocracy or geniocracy, see PointlessSpike's answer, is the definition of merits or intelligence. It's that simple. Because there is no universal definition of...
View ArticleAnswer by nelruk for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
What you're proposing is similar to the government proposed by Plato's Republic (specifically in the book VI) where a philosopher must be the one who is running the city with the cooperation of the...
View ArticleAnswer by PointlessSpike for Vote amount according to "intelligence"
If you Google it as I just did, what you're referring to is a Geniocracy.I'm going to tell you the problems I can think of off the top of my head.Everyone has equal ability to use a pitchfork. If you...
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My friend and I had a vivid discussion about politics. We discussed about a system in which people had to go through some sort of intelligence evaluation system. According to their intelligence level...
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