drethelin comments on Backward Reasoning Over Decision Trees - Less Wrong
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How about a hostage negotiation? If the negotiator has a gun, that gives him more options, but it also means the kidnapper has to take it into account. This may lead to a breakdown in communications.
I think that expecting rationality from a kidnapper is pushing it a bit.