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To: Lane3 who wrote (9415)	1/21/2006 8:09:07 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541249

disabuse the designers of the notion that fairness can be achieved. There are objective ways to be fair. The trick is learning what the various people find to be fair and that is commonly done via a market/bidding arrangement. This does go counter to the notion of settling things once and for all, since what is fair can vary with the circumstances. TP

To: Lane3 who wrote (9415)	1/23/2006 5:25:44 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541249

Getting a consensus on fairness is an illusion. More like delusion, actually. The only way to get anything accomplished is disabuse the designers of the notion that fairness can be achieved. Or at least to disabuse them of the notion that a full consensus can be reached as to the fairness of a particular solution. You could have a solution which the majority thinks is more fair than the current situation (it might not be easy but it isn't impossible). You could certainly find a solution that the designers think is fair. Do you think the designers shouldn't even consider the idea of fairness? Tim