steven0461 comments on Just for fun - let's play a game. - Less Wrong

6 Post author: CronoDAS 17 April 2009 11:13PM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 18 April 2009 07:11:06PM 0 points [-]

Well, here's my reveal, encoded in ROT-13 for those who don't want to be spoiled.

Gur nzbhag V qbangrq jnf fvk uhaqerq naq svsgl qbyynef, abg svir uhaqerq qbyynef. Rirelguvat ryfr npghnyyl unccrarq. Gur nhgbtencu vf sebz Miv Zbjfubjvgm. Gur bayvar Zntvp gbheanzrag qvq vaqrrq unccra. (Qrgnvyf urer.) V unir, vaqrrq, orngra Onggyrgbnqf, naq Rcvfbqr 2 npghnyyl vf zl snibevgr Fgne Jnef svyz. Guvf vf abg orpnhfr V gubhtug vg jnf hahfhnyyl tbbq, ohg engure orpnhfr V gubhtug gur bgure svyzf, vapyhqvat gur bevtvany gevybtl, jrer rira jbefr. Gurer'f cyragl bs tbbq zngrevny va gur Fgne Jnef Rkcnaqrq Havirefr, ohg nf sne nf V'z pbaprearq, Trbetr Yhpnf unf nyjnlf orra n onq jevgre.

Comment author: steven0461 18 April 2009 07:31:33PM 2 points [-]

The game works better (at least as an inference game) if you make the wrong statement very wrong and not just a little bit wrong. And I've never seen the appeal of Fgne Jnef either.

Comment author: [deleted] 19 April 2009 09:52:18AM *  0 points [-]

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Comment author: CronoDAS 18 April 2009 10:43:33PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, but I'm not good at lying...