Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 31 August 2010 04:13:48PM 3 points [-]

Should businessmen collude on one-shot pricing?

All they need to do is find someone who can help enforce the decision, or make it matter reputationally to friends, or iterate it, and they don't need to worry about whether they're doing the same thing for the same reasons.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 31 August 2010 06:31:58PM 3 points [-]

I think we should be charitable (make the interpretation that makes the question most sensible or interesting), and assume b1shop is assuming those conditions don't apply.

Comment author: SilasBarta 03 September 2010 07:16:47PM 2 points [-]

What about new entrants?