Neil comments on The continued misuse of the Prisoner's Dilemma - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Neil 28 October 2009 01:38:02PM *  0 points [-]

Since a bid's winningness is contingent on other bids you can't use winning as a proxy for understanding. If they all thought and acted like Ashley and broke the pact with 5 cent bids would they all have got a round of applause for their great insight in bidding 5 cents?