Alicorn comments on Outlawing Anthropics: An Updateless Dilemma - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 September 2009 06:31PM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 14 September 2009 12:04:08AM 2 points [-]

Let's take the simple case of time inconsistency regarding punishment. There is a two stage game with two players. First A decides if to cheat B for some gain. Then B decides if to punish A at some cost. Before the game B would like to commit to punishing A if A cheats, but once A has already cheated, B would rather not punish.

Comment author: Alicorn 14 September 2009 12:12:54AM 0 points [-]

Am I correct in assuming that if A cheats and is punished, A suffers a net loss?

Comment author: Johnicholas 14 September 2009 12:43:24AM 0 points [-]

Yes.