Randy_M comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (5th thread, March 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Randy_M 05 April 2013 12:51:27AM -2 points [-]

If you both tap out, then anyone who steps into the discussion wins by default!

Comment author: wedrifid 06 April 2013 10:14:55AM *  1 point [-]

If you both tap out, then anyone who steps into the discussion wins by default!

In many such cases it may be better to say that if both tap out then everybody wins by default!

Comment author: Randy_M 08 April 2013 07:12:58PM 1 point [-]

-3 karma, apparently.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 06 April 2013 06:24:02PM 1 point [-]

In discussions where everyone tapping out is superior to the available alternatives, I'm more inclined to refer to the result as "minimizing loss" than "winning".

Comment author: Kawoomba 06 April 2013 06:44:37PM 1 point [-]

Well to your credit you don't see LW as a zero sum game.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 April 2013 03:34:43AM 1 point [-]

What does he win?

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