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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | Many political scientists | + | Many political scientists would see creating a fair gift exchange as a really tricky problem, since it involves different valuation of various goods (one person might like socks while another person would not), a possible incentive to misrepresent how much you value things ("You're going to have to offer me a LOT to give up these socks, because I really like them"), arbitrary order effects (who goes first matters), and more. These problems have a lot of political analogues in the political science topics of social choice and institutional design, and many political scientists dedicate years of their life to figuring out the best solutions. |
− | + | The "It's okay if it's complicated" line is funny because many of the theoretically best solutions a political scientist might come up with would be very complicated--far more so than the typical person would want to think about. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Ponytail is talking to Cueball.] | :[Ponytail is talking to Cueball.] | ||
:Ponytail: Ugh, I have to organize a fair gift exchange for my survey-loving family. | :Ponytail: Ugh, I have to organize a fair gift exchange for my survey-loving family. | ||
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:Ponytail: They said it's "okay if it's complicated." | :Ponytail: They said it's "okay if it's complicated." | ||
− | :[Caption below the panel | + | :[Caption below the panel]: The perfect gift for a political scientist |
− | :The perfect gift for a political scientist | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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