JGWeissman comments on Polling Thread - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 01 March 2014 11:57PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 03 March 2014 07:51:03PM 1 point [-]

By saying "clubs", I communicate the message that my friend would be better off betting $1 on a random club than $2 on the seven of diamonds, (or betting $1 on a random heart or spade), which is true, so I don't really consider that lying.

If, less conveniently, my friend takes what I see to literally mean the suit of the top card, but I still can get them to not bet $2 on the wrong card, then I bite the bullet and lie.

Comment author: Coscott 03 March 2014 08:08:23PM 0 points [-]

I expect most people here would bite that bullet, but I am not sure if everyone here will. "Never Lie" seems like a rather convenient Schelling Fence.