CuSithBell comments on Guilt: Another Gift Nobody Wants - Less Wrong

67 Post author: Yvain 31 March 2011 12:27AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 31 March 2011 10:14:22PM 1 point [-]

Fascinating and horrifying. But how could that be stable? Wouldn't the brothers figure out ahead of time that they were going to be killed, and all try to kill each other as soon as they realized it?

Comment author: CuSithBell 31 March 2011 10:20:44PM 0 points [-]

I interpreted this to mean that once a sultan takes the throne, he has his brothers killed, rather than the other way around. Not sure which is right!

Comment author: atucker 01 April 2011 12:03:09AM 2 points [-]

You kill all the brothers, then get the throne because of it. Not the other way around.

Comment author: CuSithBell 01 April 2011 05:50:52PM 3 points [-]

Ok, I'll try that next time it comes up :)

Comment author: atucker 02 April 2011 03:05:38AM 1 point [-]

Heh.

Tell me how that turns out. ;)