timtyler comments on Rationalists lose when others choose - Less Wrong

-10 Post author: PhilGoetz 16 June 2009 05:50PM

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Comment author: timtyler 17 June 2009 09:47:37AM 2 points [-]

Newcomb's problem and taking revenge seem like specific instances of the more general problem of making credible commitments. Keeping promises is also a candidate for an example taken from this class of problems.