timtyler comments on Ingredients of Timeless Decision Theory - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 August 2009 01:10AM

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Comment author: Furcas 09 September 2009 05:36:17PM *  -1 points [-]

That Prisoner A is completely and utterly selfish is part of the Prisoner's Dilemma. If the prisoner's not selfish, it's not the Prisoner's Dilemma anymore.

EDIT: Of course, this is only true if the numbers in the matrix represent years spent in jail, not utilons.