FiftyTwo comments on New Year's Prediction Thread (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 08 January 2012 01:58:05AM 1 point [-]

How do dogs cheat? I'd imagine given the requirements of modelling other minds it would be badly or not at all.

Comment author: MixedNuts 08 January 2012 02:06:32AM 2 points [-]

Fine. I will cheat like...

  • something that cheats a lot;
  • something Feynman analogizes a cheater to;
  • myself when I'm cheating;
  • a tautology. Who cheats. Because.

Also, why not? Dogs are social animals. Does the injured alpha wolf who didn't move for two days to avoid the other wolves noticing he was weak count? Dogs may also distract you then eat your food.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 08 January 2012 02:38:39AM 0 points [-]

My dog learned early on that luring people off the couch and then taking their seat worked pretty well as a way of getting a warm seat. But it's not clear to me I would call that cheating.

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