1. I wrote about the Hugo Awards mess here http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121554/2015-hugo-awards-and-history-science-fiction-culture-wars … but there is something more to say about why slate voting is wrong.
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9. Since it is impossible that hundreds agree exactly on all those categories, slate voting reflects not taste but a political consensus.
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10. The Sad Puppies slate & the Rabid Puppy slate are political lists by their very nature, not reflections of personal taste.
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@HeerJeet Begs the question, are awards (all, not just Hugo) more about making grand statements and not about picking "the best." -
@MKahalley Many awards are like that but not all. Some (like one I help organize) do make honest effort to make aesthetic judgement.
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