Blueberry comments on Do you have High-Functioning Asperger's Syndrome? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blueberry 01 July 2010 06:58:04AM 1 point [-]

"What do you mean tit-for-tat is not the right strategy for social games? That's crazy!"

Are you thinking you should defect first? Or that you should punish defectors more than tit-for-tat would? Social games aren't as clearly defined as the prisoner's dilemma, but tit-for-tat seems to be what people usually do (starting off on good terms, but getting back at someone when they've been wronged).

Comment author: wedrifid 01 July 2010 07:17:35AM *  11 points [-]

Young Aspies are often dumbfounded when they reciprocate aggression in kind and get punished for it while the instigator does not. They need to arrive at a more mature understanding of the Machiavellian nature of social games so that they can more realistically understand what is going on. This is the sort of thing a shrink can explain but many peers will not.