Reactor Performance/Design As A Political Ideology

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The discussion centers on the idea of applying reactor performance criteria to evaluate new legal legislation, aiming to create a scoring system that helps voters understand the implications of proposed laws. The project seeks to quantify aspects such as efficiency, stability, and cost, drawing parallels between legislative outcomes and established metrics used in engineering systems. However, skepticism arises regarding the feasibility of applying engineering principles to the subjective nature of political and social issues. Participants highlight the challenge of measuring legislative performance due to inherent uncertainties and the complexity of societal impacts. The conversation ultimately emphasizes the need for a systematic approach to assess legislation, while acknowledging the limitations of such comparisons.
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It's hard to figure out what this thread is about - it's all over the place - but as far as I can tell, it's an argument to replace democracy with the Science Council of Krypton.

May I remind you of how well it worked out for them?

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Yeah, this is too political now, so I'm closing it. But the basic problem here that many people pointed out and @nelson you really need to learn to accept, is that people just plain want different things. There is no getting around that, no matter how sophisticated the analysis.
 
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