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Aumann et al.'s solution is also p=2/3. They just propose to use a roundabout (but perhaps more intuitive?) algorithm to compute it.
That was in the context of arguing against P&R's reasoning, which leads to p=4/9.
Yes, and that argues for not proposing solutions until we can see the whole problem (or set of problems) and solve it all at once. Well maybe that's kind of unrealistic, so perhaps just keeping in mind the possible path-dependence and try to mitigate it.
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