Why it never ends

At Bishop's, the dispute over the adjudicator continues.

Bernhard got up suddenly and interjected, "Stop arguing, it's just that no one agrees with the other, then you both count as competitors, and it's a waste of time to talk so much now, and when the time comes to see which of you gets more votes Who will do it, and how?"

"I'm fine with that." Rene took a step back.

Si Lei looked at Rene coldly, and expressed his compromise in silence.

Bernhard looked behind him, "Is there anyone else? Now, Officer Sleigh and Mr. Bloomberg—"

Two more people raised their hands one after another.

"Four, any more?"

In the crowd, one hand was slowly raised. Unlike the previous two people whose five fingers were stretched straight, the movement of this hand was obviously more hesitant-it had just been raised above the head, and then lowered a little bit.

Even so, Hesta noticed this change. She looked at the woman who was trying to raise her hand, and felt that the woman looked a little familiar, and she should have said a word or two some time ago...

"It's that person," Li Ke said softly, "the girl who sat with us the day we first met Rene."

Hesta came back to her senses—yes, it was her, the long-haired girl.

Today she has her hair all up, so she looks a little different.

After a while, Bernhard finally saw the raised and lowered hand, and he laughed: "That one over there, what do you mean by touching your hand there?"

The woman looked a little embarrassed, "...I also want to run for 'Judger'."

"Even raising your hand is so difficult, so don't force yourself," Bernhard put his hands on his back, and said in a teasing tone, "Seriously, we won't let this man die unless all the men in this room are dead. This burden falls on the shoulders of a girl like you."

"...I want to run for 'Adjudicator'!"

There was a roar of laughter in the dining room—she broke out emotionally.

Bernhard laughed even louder. "Don't get me wrong, I meant—"

"It turns out that the 'Judger' still has a rule that men come first," Su Lei said coldly, "Women can't do it before men die, can they?"

Bernhard restrained his smile, and he turned his head inexplicably: "I found that one or two of you really like to catch these words... Interesting?"

Si Lei raised his hand, "She raised her hand, let her come out."

"Okay, okay, count her in." Bernhard spread his arms and made a gesture of resignation. "Then please come up, all of you. You discuss the order, and then everyone speaks in turn."

The three stood up from the crowd.

Hesta looked at the back of the woman. She was slender, wearing high heels, a half-knee skirt, and a ring on the little finger of her right hand. When she turned around, Hesta saw her face clearly—her bright red face The lips frame the tiled cheeks with a sophistication unique in this restaurant.

All eyes were on these five people, and Bernhard stepped back, sitting on a chair in the dark and looking at them.

The woman walked directly to Si Lei's side, "Thank you just now, officer."

"You're welcome, what's your name?"

"Tasia."

"Okay, I think we'll draw lots." Rene was the first to speak to the crowd, "One, two, three, four, five, whoever draws counts, everyone speaks for 5 minutes, and everyone votes after the speech, and the one with the most votes is the last Man automatically becomes the arbiter."

Tasia turned her head: "...It's best not to, this way you can't avoid the primacy effect and the recency effect."

Rene frowned, "What?"

"To put it simply, the first and last speakers have an advantage over those who speak in the middle, because the audience is more likely to remember them." Tasia explained while gesturing, "This way Those in the middle are not fair."

"What's unfair? It's all decided by lottery, and no one can know in advance who gets the first and last ones—"

"But if there is a better way, why do you have to accept the defects that come with the system? Is random unfairness fair?"

René shook his head, "You guys always like to complicate simple things—"

"What's your suggestion?" Su Lei looked at Tasia.

"Well, I think we can vote immediately after the individual speech is over," Tasia said softly, "Because there are only five of us, even if we add five rounds of voting, we can finish all the speeches in one hour. This time cost Not too high, and—"

René snorted, "I thought you had something to do... Isn't it unfair to those who spoke earlier? I listened to the first one and thought he was very good, but I'm worried that there will be better ones later, So I hold my votes and dare not vote—"

"Why don't you listen to me?" Tasia's throat moved. She was a little nervous, but she still clenched her cuffs tightly. "The problem you are worried about does not exist, as long as everyone can vote again."

"Repeated voting," René seemed to be listening to a joke, "What do you mean, listen to one and vote for one? I like all five, and vote for all five?"

"Yes, in theory, even if someone realizes that there is indeed a best option among the five after listening to everyone's speeches, it doesn't matter, because every vote for her is for the one she thinks. Acceptable option. If all five candidates speak to her satisfaction, then she can indeed vote for all five.

"After five rounds of speeches, the person with the most votes is the most satisfactory 'arbiter'; if there is a tie, the same election can be held again among the tie voters...until the final victory is won By.

"I personally think that this is the best way to avoid unfair rankings."

Su Lei thought for a while, "I agree with this, and I think the vote needs to be anonymous."

"Oh, yes," Tasia nodded, "this will prevent voters from being influenced by others..."

"And revenge afterwards." Su Lei added softly.

"How can it be anonymous? Everyone should be responsible for the candidates he voted for—"

"Shut up," Su Lei looked at René, "You know very well that the power of an 'arbiter' is far greater than that of ordinary passengers, right? After a person becomes an adjudicator, there may be various ways to embarrass and make things difficult for those who didn't People who voted for him—do you want to pull a list of those people?"

The corners of Rene's mouth sank slightly, "Don't label me... I just think that the choices people make in an anonymous state are not reliable enough."

"I agree, but it also depends on the situation. Now it is time to choose one person to guide everyone's next actions according to the "Guidelines". Everyone is taking risks. Who will randomly choose in this situation?"

Su Lei lowered his face.

"Unless there is some nearby threat, it is more direct and more terrifying than the distant chelate."