Sniffnoy comments on Timeless Decision Theory: Problems I Can't Solve - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sniffnoy 03 August 2010 04:51:28AM 0 points [-]

Strategies are probability (density) functions over choices. Behaviors are the choices themselves. Proving that two strategies are identical (by symmetry, say) doesn't license you to assume that the behaviors are the same.

...unless the resulting strategies are unmixed, as will usually be the case with Prisoner's Dilemma?