wedrifid comments on Terminal Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 01 February 2012 05:42:51AM *  0 points [-]

The question is whether we can avoid giving the punishment, and still credibly hold the threat of punishment against rational defectors.

No. Next question.

Not nearly straightforward enough to use the "No. Next question." move on. Deception and various forms of active manipulation are possible. They are rational, not omniscient.