beberly37 comments on Nash Equilibria and Schelling Points - Less Wrong

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Comment author: beberly37 29 June 2012 10:44:03PM 1 point [-]

If the other pirates were truly rational then they would never have boarded a pirate ship with a pirate who is better at an up-to-5-way fight than them.

When someone asks me how I would get out of a particularly sticky situation, I often fight the urge to glibly respond, by not getting it to said situation.

I digress, if the other pirates were truly rational then they would never let anyone know how good they were at an up-to-X-way fight.

Comment author: Pentashagon 29 June 2012 11:59:45PM 0 points [-]

By extension, should truly rational entities never let anyone know how rational they are?

Comment author: wedrifid 30 June 2012 12:24:33AM 0 points [-]

By extension, should truly rational entities never let anyone know how rational they are?

No, they should sometimes not let people know that. Sometimes it is an advantage - either by allowing cooperation that would not otherwise have been possible or demonstrating superior power and so allow options for dominance.