[OC] I used the Democracy Index (by The Economist Intelligence Unit) to show that the world is getting less and less democraticDoeCommaJohn t1_jc9edxu wrote
Reply to comment by GibtEsKeinenGott in [OC] I used the Democracy Index (by The Economist Intelligence Unit) to show that the world is getting less and less democratic by b_imre
There’s a difference between data being unscientific and data being bad. If there were better data available, I’d agree, but the democracy index is still a fine way to show what some experts think of democracies around the world
GibtEsKeinenGott t1_jc9flt7 wrote
How do you know the people they choose are even experts if they refuse to reveal who these people are? I understand the difference between bad data and unscientific data and to me that is a distinction without a difference. Unless we know who these people are and can clearly see the metrics they are using to objectively measure the level of democracy in these countries, then we are just believing their claims on faith. It is like if a poll of 10 "random" soda experts is published where they rank flavors of various drinks and Coke comes out on top, yet the authors of the poll fail to mention that 8 of them don't like the taste of lemon and 6 of them happen to work for Coca-Cola. That might be important information.
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