Alicorn comments on The Aumann's agreement theorem game (guess 2/3 of the average) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: conchis 09 June 2009 09:29:24PM 1 point [-]

those of us who prefer to win outright will note that someone has to take one for the team and vote high to give the possibility of an outright winner.

Eh? Why would anyone take one for the team? If it's bad to tie, surely it's worse to lose for the purpose of helping someone else win.

Comment author: Alicorn 09 June 2009 09:38:54PM 0 points [-]

There's no prize offered, but in theory, these people could collaborate to share whatever prize makes winning better than tying. Since there's no prize except winning, losing to help someone else does seem like it would be bad.