thomblake comments on Kinnaird's truels - Less Wrong

25 Post author: Johnicholas 05 March 2009 04:50PM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 05 March 2009 11:55:37PM 5 points [-]

In social science one is usually expected to outline some concrete real situation that you think is like the abstract game described. Just saying "here's a game, maybe there's some related real situation" is usually considered insufficient.

Comment author: thomblake 05 March 2009 11:58:48PM 2 points [-]

I was under the impression truels were sometimes real-life situations, and the abstract game is suggested based on them.