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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I’ve never actually been clear. Is the center supposed to be the theoretical midpoint between two ideologies, regardless of where people actually fall on the spectrum, or is it supposed to be the point in the distribution where people are clustered?

If we simplify the economic axis to taxes, is the left edge 100% taxes, the right edge 0% taxes, and the middle 50% taxes, or do we find the distribution of peoples views on taxes and assign the mean or the point where 50% of people are on both sides as the middle?
gpt
The way I’m doing it, I’m making the center the peak of the bell on each axis. But the extremes are still extreme, so you’ll go through more or fewer interim ideologies depending on which direction you go.