Artificial Stress

I was fascinated today in a club meeting where we were voting on what to do. A kid was faced with the deciding vote, becuase he came in late, and the voting had been dead even. Suddenly, new stress. However it was based solely on being alone in "deciding." His vote, had it been given two minutes earlier would have been the same as everyone elses vote, a mere change in timing altered so many of the consecutive events. that's all it took. there was no reason for him to feel pressured into doing one thing or another, but because of the timing and the fact that other votes had been cast, suddenly his became more important. In the 2000 election, Florida would have been nothing if they had just coutnued correctly earlier on.