I tend to disagree. Generally speaking, I think the higher level monks tend to make more correct statements more often than less experienced people.

I think the general tendency is for people to vote ++ unless a node is really stupid or inflammatory. Voting ++ doesn't help as butt-kissing since you don't know who voted the node. And there's already a fairly good check in place since you don't know what the reputation is until after you've voted.

In fact, I tend to think that allowing higher level monks to influence the score is a negative thing.

Just my $0.02USD.

--Chris