[ExI] question for libertarians

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Oct 20, 2016 4:53 AM, "Dave Sill" <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Thing is, the program has to default one way or the other.  Either opt
> in or opt out will happen.
> >
> > No, it could be pseudo-random.
>
> Any given person's instance would still be one or the other, though.  And
> would that not just make two groups that get manipulated, one in one
> direction and the other in the other?
>
Sure, but it's poor manipulation that doesn't favor either choice. If you
really want to avoid the opt-in/opt-out/default business, don't have a
default and require everyone to make a choice:

  I choose:

     Plan Foo ___
     Plan Bar ___

And the order of the choices should be randomized because, no doubt, people
tend to prefer either the first or last choice.

-Dave
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