CronoDAS comments on Playing the Meta-game - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Technologos 25 December 2009 10:06AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 25 December 2009 06:39:16PM 4 points [-]

He said, "But you could have torn up one of the slips."

He was right. I was playing by the rules, when I should have been setting them...

Better strategy: tear up a strip, make six deals... and then take another piece of paper out of your backpack to make the seventh. ;)

Comment author: Technologos 25 December 2009 07:14:45PM 3 points [-]

It's true--we discussed that very point afterwards. A fraction of the class was arguing that I should have merely set aside one slip to be unused, made the deals, and then reversed myself and used the final one.

The argument was over whether that was a credible action--and I like your strategy better.

Comment author: CronoDAS 25 December 2009 11:07:04PM 7 points [-]

"When you break rules, break 'em good and hard." - Nanny Ogg, Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett