Time Inconsistency Refers to the Phenomenon Where Your Present Self

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True/False

Time inconsistency refers to the phenomenon where your present self misjudges what your future self will do.

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Definitions:

Pairwise Votes

A method of voting where each candidate is matched against every other candidate in one-on-one comparisons.

Majority Determining

The process by which the greater number or majority's choice decides an outcome in a decision-making context.

Condorcet Paradox

A situation in social choice theory where collective preferences can be cyclical, even if the preferences of individual members are not, leading to a lack of transitivity in voting outcomes.

Transitive Preferences

A consistency in choice such that if an individual prefers option A to B and B to C, then they will also prefer A to C.