Vladimir_Nesov comments on Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 September 2011 01:16:30AM 10 points [-]

(This enables you to say, "Simulate my opponent, and if it tries to simulate me, see what it will do if it simulates me outputting Cooperate.")

But it will not be simulating "you", it will be simulating the game under alternative assumptions of own behavior, and you ought to behave differently depending on what those assumptions are, otherwise you'll think the opponent will think defection is better, making it true.