Vladimir_Nesov comments on Duller blackmail definitions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 15 July 2013 11:22:52PM *  1 point [-]

The zero is not assumed, but objective: the state of things before the negotiation.

If before the negotiation, a landslide was already closing on your (uninsured) country house, then after the negotiation the "state of things" is going towards the negative, for reasons unrelated to the negotiation. The question here is about the supposed distinction between that landslide and your opponent's decision algorithm.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 16 July 2013 12:28:35PM 0 points [-]

If before the negotiation, a landslide was already closing on your (uninsured) country house

I can't find the example this is from.