AlexMennen comments on 2013 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

78 Post author: Yvain 22 November 2013 09:26AM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 23 November 2013 07:36:49PM 12 points [-]

I defected, and then afterwards I realized that the proportion of people cooperating could likely have a causal effect on future in-group cooperativeness among LWers. Dammit, I should have thought of that earlier.

Comment author: Benquo 25 November 2013 10:03:20PM 6 points [-]

Yeah, that's why I always take the option called "cooperate" if the prize is small enough that my expected winnings are a rounding error either way.

I'm not sure what I'd do if the names were flipped relative to the incentives.